Our works, whatever they may be, derive from our incapacity to kill or to kill ourselves.
Emile M. CioranKnowledge, having irritated and stimulated our appetite for power, will lead us inexorably to our ruin.
Emile M. CioranNot to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately, it is within no one's reach.
Emile M. CioranFor a long timeโalways, in factโI have known that life here on earth is not what I needed and that I wasnโt able to deal with it; for this reason and for this reason alone, I have acquired a touch of spiritual pride, so that my existence seems to me the degradation and the erosion of a psalm.
Emile M. Cioran