Emile M. Cioran
Emile M. Cioran
NationalityRomanian
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth8 April 1911
CountryRomania
vanity trying gang
I try--without success--to stop finding reasons for vanity in anything. When I happen to manage it nonetheless, I feel that I no longer belong to the mortal gang. I am above everything then, above the gods themselves. Perhaps that is what death is: a sensation of great, of extreme superiority.
flames fire trying
An aphorism? Fire without flames. Understandable that no one tries to warm himself at it.
trying hunger dies
Try to be free: you will die of hunger.
trying granted hours
I do nothing, granted. But I see the hours pass - which is better than trying to fill them.
ego trying deeper
The more we try to rest ourselves from our Egos, the deeper we sink into it.
soul sadism skepticism
Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls.
people normal forget
Normal people have nothing to forget.
powerful blow brain
Only those moments count, when the desire to remain by yourself is so powerful that you'd prefer to blow your brains out than exchange a word with someone.
goal weak states
To live entirely without a goal! I have glimpsed this state, and have often attained it, without managing to remain there: I am too weak for such happiness.
interest spread misfortunes
We interest others by the misfortune we spread around us.
solitude tears
Tears do not burn except in solitude.
tolerance young seducing
Tolerance cannot seduce the young.
giving imperfection littles
Nostalgia, more than anything, gives us the shudder of our own imperfection. This is why with Chopin we feel so little like gods.
sad misery melancholy
Melancholy: an appetite no misery satisfies.