Those who believe in their truth -- the only ones whose imprint is retained by the memory of men -- leave the earth behind them strewn with corpses. Religions number in their ledgers more murders than the bloodiest tyrannies account for, and those whom humanity has called divine far surpass the most conscientious murderers in their thirst for slaughter.
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. CioranI have all the defects of other people yet everything they do seems to me inconceivable.
Emile M. CioranWe define only out of despair, we must have a formula... to give a facade tot he void.
Emile M. Cioran