504 Quotes by Emil Cioran

Ce importanta ar avea însa sa stim pe cine a pierdut, cînd stim prea bine ce a pierdut si unde duce aceasta pierdere.

De ce un nebun vede mai mult? Fiindca nebunia-i suferinta.

Es el miedo a la muerte lo que motiva a los incondicionales de la eternidad: en efecto, la única ventaja real de la experiencia de lo eterno es que nos hace olvidar la muerte. Pero, ¿qué sucede cuando la contemplación se acaba?

I was alone in that cemetery overlooking the village when a pregnant womancame in. I left at once, in order not to look at this corpse-bearer at close range,nor to ruminate upon the contrast between an aggressive womb and the timeworntombs—between a false promise and the end of all promises.

„Mi s-a facut inima ca ceara si se topeste înlauntrul meu.“ (PsalmXXII)

Cu fiecare zi sîntem mai singuri. Ce grea si ce usoara trebuie sa fie ultima!

Prostia este o suferinta nedureroasa a inteligentei.

My soul is chaos, how can it be at all? There is everything in me: search and you will find out. I am a fossil dating from the beginning of the world: not all of its elements have completely crystallized, and initial chaos still shows through. I am absolute contradiction, climax of antinomies, the last limit of tension; in me anything is possible, for I am he who at the supreme moment, in front of absolute nothingness, will laugh.

Bien avant que physique et psychologie fussent nées, la douleur désintégrait la matière, et le chagrin, l'âme.