Man must vanquish himself, must do himself violence, in order to perform the slightest action untainted by evil. Emile M. Cioran More Quotes by Emile M. Cioran More Quotes From Emile M. Cioran No 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. Cioran immortality reputation writing Every form of talent involves a certain shameless-ness. Emile M. Cioran shameless talent form To have committed every crime but that of being a father. Emile M. Cioran being-a-father crime father The 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. Cioran misery writing men If, at the limit, you can rule without crime, you cannot do so without injustices. Emile M. Cioran injustice crime limits No one can enjoy freedom without trembling. Emile M. Cioran trembling enjoy We inhabit a language rather than a country. Emile M. Cioran language country the deepest subjective experiences are also the most universal, because through them one reaches the universal source of life. Emile M. Cioran source-of-life source subjective Word - that invisible dagger. Emile M. Cioran daggers invisible Our works, whatever they may be, derive from our incapacity to kill or to kill ourselves. Emile M. Cioran incapacity may Doubt works deep within you like a disease or, even more effectively, like a faith. Emile M. Cioran deep-within disease doubt Crime in full glory consolidates authority by the sacred fear it inspires. Emile M. Cioran sacred glory inspire After having struggled madly to solve all problems, after having suffered on the heights of despair, in the supreme hour of revelation, you will find that the only answer, the only reality, is silence. Emile M. Cioran despair silence reality A decadent civilization compromises with its disease, cherishes the virus infecting it, loses its self-respect. Emile M. Cioran self advice civilization To exist is equivalent to an act of faith, a protest against the truth, an interminable prayer. As soon as they consent to live, the unbeliever and the man of faith are fundamentally the same, since both have made the only decision that defines a being. Emile M. Cioran prayer faith life Show me one thing here on earth which has begun well and not ended badly. The proudest palpitations are engulfed in a sewer, where they cease throbbing, as though having reached their natural term: this downfall constitutes the heart's drama and the negative meaning of history. Emile M. Cioran age heart drama There is not much difference between a mortal man and a dying man. The absurdity of making plans is only slightly more obvious in the second case. Emile M. Cioran differences men death Discretion is deadly to genius; ruinous to talent. Emile M. Cioran discretion talent genius A garbled quotation is equivalent to a betrayal, an insult, a prejudice. Emile M. Cioran insult betrayal prejudice The aphorism is cultivated only by those who have known fear in the midst of words, that fear of collapsing with all the words. Emile M. Cioran aphorism midst known
