Emile M. Cioran Quotes about Giving

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Transmitting one's flaws [through procreation] to someone else is a crime. I could never consent to give life to someone who would inherent my ailments.

Transmitting one's flaws [through procreation] to someone else is a crime. I could never consent to give life to someone who would inherent my ailments.

Emile M. Cioran

Giving, Flaws, Crime

Thinking should be like musical meditation. Has any philosopher pursued a thought to its limits the way Bach or Beethoven develop and exhaust a musical theme? Even after having read the most profound thinkers, one still feels the need to begin anew. Only music gives definitive answers.

Emile M. Cioran

Music, Thinking, Giving

What are you waiting for in order to give up?

Emile M. Cioran

Giving Up, Order, Giving

Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books

What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on.

Emile M. Cioran

Moving On, Names, Giving

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

Nostalgia, more than anything, gives us the shudder of our own imperfection. This is why with Chopin we feel so little like gods.

Emile M. Cioran

Giving, Imperfection, Littles

To get up in the morning, wash and then wait for some unforeseen variety of dread or depression. I would give the whole universe and all of Shakespeare for a grain of ataraxy.

Emile M. Cioran

Morning, Giving, Waiting

Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books