Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.
Emile M. CioranWhat necessity impels a writer who has produced fifty books to write still one more? Why this proliferation, this fear of being forgotten, this debased coquetry?
Emile M. CioranTo venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy.
Emile M. CioranNo one should forget: Eros alone can fulfill life; knowledge, never. Only Eros makes sense; knowledge is empty infinity; – for thoughts, there is always time; life has its time; there is no thought that comes too late; any desire can become a regret.
Emile M. Cioran