Emile M. Cioran Quotes

By all evidence we are in the world to do nothing.
Emile M. Cioran

Nothing proves that we are more than nothing.
Emile M. Cioran

There is no means of proving it is preferable to be than not to be.
Emile M. Cioran

Truths begin by a conflict with the police - and end by calling them in.
Emile M. Cioran

The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live - moreover, the only one.
Emile M. Cioran

One hardly saves a world without ruling it.
Emile M. Cioran

Our first intuitions are the true ones.
Emile M. Cioran

Emile M. Cioran Quotes
		If we could see ourselves as others see us, we would vanish on the spot. Emile M. Cioran Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
		Author Details: Type: Philosopher Quotes Category: Quotes Date of Birth: April 8, 1911 Year of Death: 1995 Nationality: Romanian Amazon: Emile M. Cioran on Amazon	Related Authors: Friedrich Nietzsche Confucius Socrates Aristotle Lao Tzu Sun Tzu Deepak Chopra Plato Karl Marx
		Select Emile M. Cioran Quotations: By all evidence we are in the world to do nothing. Emile M. Cioran Nothing proves that we are more than nothing. Emile M. Cioran There is no means of proving it is preferable to be than not to be. Emile M. Cioran Truths begin by a conflict with the police - and end by calling them in. Emile M. Cioran The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live - moreover, the only one. Emile M. Cioran One hardly saves a world without ruling it. Emile M. Cioran Our first intuitions are the true ones. Emile M. Cioran
Quote Keywords: Could, Others, Ourselves, See, Spot, Us, Vanish, Would	Dictionary Links: Could, Ourselves, See, Spot, Us, Vanish, Would	All Emile M. Cioran Quotations: A civilization is destroyed only when... A distant enemy is always preferable... A golden rule: to leave an... A marvel that has nothing to... A people represents not so much... A sudden silence in the middle... Ambition is a drug that makes... Anyone can escape into sleep, we... Anyone who speaks in the name... By all evidence we are in... Chaos is rejecting all you have... Consciousness is much more than the... Crime in full glory consolidates authority... Criticism is a misconception: we must... Each concession we make is accompanied... Ennui is the echo in us... Every thought derives from a thwarted sensation. Everything is pathology, except for indifference. For you who no longer posses... Glory - once achieved, what is it worth? God - a disease we imagine we... Great persecutors are recruited among martyrs whose... I foresee the day when we... I have no nationality - the best... I'm simply an accident. Why take... If we could see ourselves as... If, at the limit, you can... Imaginary pains are by far the... Impossible to spend sleepless nights and accomplish... In a republic, that paradise of... In every man sleeps a prophet... In order to have the stuff... Intelligence flourishes only in the ages... Isn't history ultimately the result of... It is because we are all... It is not worth the bother... Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship... Life creates itself in delirium and... Life inspires more dread than death... Life is possible only by the... Man must vanquish himself, must do... Man starts over again everyday, in... Music is the refuge of souls... My mission is to kill time... Negation is the mind's first freedom... No one can enjoy freedom without trembling. No one recovers from the disease... Nothing is so wearing as the... Nothing proves that we are more... One does not inhabit a country... One hardly saves a world without... Our first intuitions are the true ones. Our works, whatever they may be... Philosophers write for professors; thinkers for writers. Philosophy: Impersonal anxiety; refuge among anemic ideas... Progress is the injustice each generation... Reason is a whore, surviving by... Revenge is not always sweet, once... Since all life is futility, then... Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls. So long as man is protected... Society is not a disease, it... Speech and silence. We feel safer... Sperm is a bandit in its... The desire to die was my... The fact that life has no... The fanatic is incorruptible: if he... The fear of being deceived is... The limit of every pain is... The mind is the result of... The more we try to rest... The obsession with suicide is characteristic... The task of the solitary man... The Universal view melts things into... There is no means of proving... To act is to anchor in... To exist is a habit I... To Live signifies to believe and... To venture upon an undertaking of... To want fame is to prefer... Tolerance - the function of an extinguished ardor... Torment, for some men, is a... Truths begin by a conflict with... Under each formula lies a corpse. We are afraid of the enormity... We are born to Exist, not... We define only out of despair... We derive our vitality from our... We die in proportion to the... We inhabit a language rather than... We interest others by the misfortune... We understand God by everything in... We would not be interested in... What does the future, that half... What pride to discover that nothing... What surrounds us we endure better... What would be left of our... When we cannot be delivered from... Who Rebels? Who rises in arms... Woes and wonders of Power, that... Word - that invisible dagger. Write books only if you are... You are done for - a living...

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