Emile M. Cioran
Emile M. Cioran
NationalityRomanian
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth8 April 1911
CountryRomania
suicide suicidal too-late
It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late.
other-worlds nihilism patents
There is no other world. Nor even this one. What, then, is there? The inner smile provoked in us by the patent nonexistence of both.
suicide aberration normal
By what aberration has suicide, the only truly normal action, become the attribute of the flawed?
jealousy secret aversion
Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.
dream sleep genius
Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the poet's equal there.
punishment age old-age
Old age, after all, is merely the punishment for having lived.
moving-on names giving
What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on.
desire my-one-and-only concern
The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.
disease rage provoked
We must learn how to explode! Any disease is healthier than the one provoked by a hoarded rage.
tyrants ideas atheism
The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster.
spots ifs
If we could see ourselves as others see us, we would vanish on the spot.
events bitter sometimes
Let us not be needlessly bitter: certain failures are sometimes fruitful.
accidents
I'm simply an accident. Why take it all so seriously?
ambition addiction drug
Ambition is a drug that makes its addicts potential madmen.