The more intense a spiritual leader's appetite for power, the more he is concerned to limit it to others.
Emile M. Cioranthe deepest subjective experiences are also the most universal, because through them one reaches the universal source of life.
Emile M. CioranOnly one endowed with restless vitality is susceptible to pessimism. You become a pessimist-a demonic, elemental, bestial pessimist-only when life has been defeated many times in its fight against depression.
Emile M. CioranNegation 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