Emile M. Cioran
Emile M. Cioran
NationalityRomanian
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth8 April 1911
CountryRomania
Emile M. Cioran quotes about
limits injustice crime
If, at the limit, you can rule without crime, you cannot do so without injustices.
insomnia paradise torture
Insomnia is a vertiginous lucidity that can convert paradise itself into a place of torture.
inferno savior
Society: an inferno of saviors!
epilepsy life-is geometry
Life is merely a fracas on an unmapped terrain, and the universe a geometry stricken with epilepsy.
delirium-tremens delirium undone
Life creates itself in delirium and is undone in ennui.
conviction ifs
We have convictions only if we have studied nothing thoroughly.
agony world method
I cannot contribute anything to this world because I only have one method: agony.
have-faith matter way
No matter which way we go, it is no better than any other. It is all the same whether you achieve something or not, have faith or not, just as it is all the same whether you cry or remain silent.
insomnia light diversity
Just as ecstasy purifies you of the particular and the contingent, leaving nothing except light and darkness, so insomnia kills off the multiplicity and diversity of the world, leaving you prey to your private obsessions.
insomnia kind endure
What is that one crucifixion compared to the daily kind any insomniac endures?
ghost mask curtains
The curtain of the universe is moth-eaten, and through its holes we see nothing now but mask and ghost.
source source-of-life subjective
the deepest subjective experiences are also the most universal, because through them one reaches the universal source of life.
illusion
For you who no longer possess it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion.
glory
Glory — once achieved, what is it worth?