Emil Cioran Quotes

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.
To exist is a habit I do not despair of acquiring.
To Live signifies to believe and hope - to lie and to lie to oneself.
To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy.
To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten.
Tolerance - the function of an extinguished ardor - tolerance cannot seduce the young.
Torment, for some men, is a need, an appetite, and an accomplishment.
Truths begin by a conflict with the police - and end by calling them in.
Under each formula lies a corpse.
We are afraid of the enormity of the possible.
We are born to Exist, not to know, to be, not to assert ourselves.
We define only out of despair, we must have a formula... to give a facade tot he void.
We derive our vitality from our store of madness.
We die in proportion to the words we fling around us.
We inhabit a language rather than a country.
We interest others by the misfortune we spread around us.
We understand God by everything in ourselves that is fragmentary, incomplete, and inopportune.
We would not be interested in human beings if we did not have the hope of someday meeting someone worse off than ourselves.
What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity?
What pride to discover that nothing belongs to you - what a revelation.
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Emil Cioran
Profession
Philosopher
BirthDate
08 April, 1911
DeathDate
20 June, 1995
Country
Romania
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