In every man sleeps a prophet, and when he wakes there is a little more evil in the world.
Emile M. CioranThinking should be like musical meditation. Has any philosopher pursued a thought to its limits the way Bach or Beethoven develop and exhaust a musical theme? Even after having read the most profound thinkers, one still feels the need to begin anew. Only music gives definitive answers.
Emile M. CioranOnly optimists commit suicide, optimists who no longer succeed at being optimists. The others, having no reason to live, why would they have any to die?
Emile M. CioranWrite books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone.
Emile M. Cioran