The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster.
Emile M. CioranWhere are my sensations? They have melted into... me, and what is this me, this self, but the sum of these evaporated sensations?
Emile M. CioranAs the years pass, the number of those we can communicate with diminishes. When there is no longer anyone to talk to, at last we will be as we were before stooping to a name.
Emile M. CioranWe would not be interested in human beings if we did not have the hope of someday meeting someone worse off than ourselves.
Emile M. Cioran