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Emile M. Cioran

19 quotes

Sometimes a single quote is enough to make a name memorable. Emile M. Cioran has given us several. Their thinking spans from Freedom to Fear, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. Our collection holds 22 quotes from Emile M. Cioran, each offering a different angle on Freedom, Fear, Hope, Future, and Death. Here is a taste of their wisdom: "Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers."

“Woes and wonders of Power, that tonic hell, synthesis of poison and panacea.”

— Emile M. Cioran

Power

All Quotes by Emile M. Cioran

“The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.”

— Emile M. Cioran

Fear

“Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.”

— Emile M. Cioran

Society

“What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity?”

— Emile M. Cioran

Future

“Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.”

— Emile M. Cioran

Intelligence

“The desire to die was my one and only concern to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.”

— Emile M. Cioran

Death

“Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.”

— Emile M. Cioran

Happiness

“Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.”

— Emile M. Cioran

Jealousy

“Woes and wonders of Power, that tonic hell, synthesis of poison and panacea.”

— Emile M. Cioran

Power

“No one can enjoy freedom without trembling.”

— Emile M. Cioran

Freedom

“Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown.”

— Emile M. Cioran

Death

“To Live signifies to believe and hope - to lie and to lie to oneself.”

— Emile M. Cioran

Hope

“We would not be interested in human beings if we did not have the hope of someday meeting someone worse off than ourselves.”

— Emile M. Cioran

Hope

“Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and memory.”

— Emile M. Cioran

Imagination

“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

“To act is to anchor in an imminent future, so imminent it becomes almost tangible to act is to feel you are consubstantial with that future.”

— Emile M. Cioran

Future

“Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?”

— Emile M. Cioran

Fear

“What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on.”

— Emile M. Cioran

Movingon

“Crime in full glory consolidates authority by the sacred fear it inspires.”

— Emile M. Cioran

Fear

“For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion.”

— Emile M. Cioran

Freedom