Emile M. Cioran Quotes about Rejection

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To live... in any sense of the word... is to reject others; to accept them, one must renounce, do oneself violence.

To live... in any sense of the word... is to reject others; to accept them, one must renounce, do oneself violence.

Emile M. Cioran

Rejection, Violence, Accepting

There was a time when time did not yet exist. … The rejection of birth is nothing but the nostalgia for this time before time.

Emile M. Cioran

Time, Rejection, Nostalgia

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

Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us.

Emile M. Cioran

Freedom, Long, Rejection