Emil Cioran Quotes

Emil Cioran

Romanian Philosopher

Born: Apr 8, 1911

Died: Jun 20, 1995

Life Man Nothing Our Ourselves You

Related authors: Albert Camus Aristotle Confucius Friedrich Nietzsche Lao Tzu Plato Socrates Sun Tzu

Insomnia is a vertiginous lucidity that can convert paradise itself into a place of torture. Emil Cioran

Paradise Torture Insomnia Itself Place Convert

If we could see ourselves as others see us, we would vanish on the spot. Emil Cioran

Others Ourselves Would Vanish See Could Spot Us

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves. Emil Cioran

Criticism Others Ourselves Must Misconception Read Understand

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

Moving On Better Giving Name Surrounds Endure Moving Us

The capital phenomenon, the most catastrophic disaster, is uninterrupted sleeplessness, that nothingness without release. Emil Cioran

Nothingness Release Catastrophic Disaster Most Without Capital Phenomenon

To Live signifies to believe and hope - to lie and to lie to oneself. Emil Cioran

Hope Lie Live Believe Oneself

One hardly saves a world without ruling it. Emil Cioran

World Saves Ruling Without Hardly

God - a disease we imagine we are cured of because no one dies of it nowadays. Emil Cioran

God Nowadays No-One Because Cured Disease Dies Imagine

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. Emil Cioran

Needs Freedom Overcome Mind Negative Long First Negation Our Once Ourselves Only Habit Exert Fruitful Acquired Us Adapt

Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls. Emil Cioran

Embittered Sadism Souls Skepticism

Sperm is a bandit in its pure state. Emil Cioran

Pure State Sperm Bandit

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