What to think of other people? I ask myself this question each time I make a new acquaintance. So strange does it seem to me that we exist, and that we consent to exist.
Emile M. CioranI donโt understand why we must do things in this world, why we must have friends and aspirations, hopes and dreams. Wouldnโt it be better to retreat to a faraway corner of the world, where all its noise and complications would be heard no more? Then we could renounce culture and ambitions; we would lose everything and gain nothing; for what is there to be gained from this world?
Emile M. CioranSelf-conscious rejection of the absolute is the best way to resist God; thus illusion, the substance of life, is saved.
Emile M. Cioran