504 Quotes by Emil Cioran

Croire qu’il lui appartient de dépasser sa condition et de s’orienter vers celle de surhomme, c’est oublier qu’il a du mal à tenir le coup en tant qu’homme, et qu’il n’y parvient qu’à force de tendre sa volonté, son ressort, au maximum.

A iubi înseamnă a suferi şi cum mulţi fug de suferinţă, puţini ştiu să iubească.

Ceea ce am mai bun în mine se datorează suferinței. Nu o iubesc, dar nici nu o condamn.

prostii zidesc lumea si desteptii o darama

It is no nation that we inhabit, but a language. Make no mistake; our native toungue is our true fatherland.

That there should be a reality hidden behind appearances is, after all, quite possible; that language might render such a thing would be an absurd hope.

I would like to explode, flow, crumble into dust, and my disintegration would be my masterpiece.

As incompetent in life as in death, I loathe myself and in this loathing I dream of another life, another death. And for having sought to be a sage such as never was, I am only a madman among the mad . . .

Only god has the privilege of abandoning us. Men can only drop us