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No human beings are more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief

No human beings are more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief

Emile M. Cioran
Belief, Martyr, Dangerous

No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.

Emile M. Cioran
Suffering, Belief, Appetite
Emile M. Cioran (1975). “A short history of decay”, Viking Books

I saw that philosophy had no power to make my life more bearable. Thus I lost my belief in philosophy.

Emile M. Cioran
Philosophy, Saws, Belief

Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.

Emile M. Cioran
Intelligence, Age, Belief
Emile M. Cioran (1975). “A short history of decay”, Viking Books

Freedom can be manifested only in the void of beliefs, in the absence of axioms, and only where the laws have no more authority than a hypothesis.

Emile M. Cioran
Law, Void, Belief
"History and Utopia". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.

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