If truth were not boring, science would have done away with God long ago. But God as well as the saints is a means to escape the dull banality of truth.
Emile M. Cioranthe deepest subjective experiences are also the most universal, because through them one reaches the universal source of life.
Emile M. CioranI feel completely detached from any country, any group. I am a metaphysically displaced person
Emile M. CioranIf you're unlucky enough not to have alcoholic parents, it takes you a whole lifetime of intoxication to overcome the dead weight of their virtues.
Emile M. CioranThe true hero fights and dies in the name of his destiny, and not in the name of a belief.
Emile M. CioranNo one can do without some semblance of immortality, and even less will they deny themselves the right to seek it out in the form of this or that reputation, starting with the literary... Since death has come to be accepted by all as the absolute end, everyone writes.
Emile M. CioranA marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb.
Emile M. CioranI do nothing, granted. But I see the hours pass - which is better than trying to fill them.
Emile M. CioranThe curtain of the universe is moth-eaten, and through its holes we see nothing now but mask and ghost.
Emile M. CioranThe literary man? An indiscreet man, who devaluates his miseries, divulges them, tells them like so many beads: immodesty-the sideshow of second thoughts-is his rule; he offers himself.
Emile M. CioranTo live entirely without a goal! I have glimpsed this state, and have often attained it, without managing to remain there: I am too weak for such happiness.
Emile M. CioranTo get up in the morning, wash and then wait for some unforeseen variety of dread or depression. I would give the whole universe and all of Shakespeare for a grain of ataraxy.
Emile M. Cioran