Mind, even more deadly to empires than to individuals, erodes them, compromises their solidity. Emile M. Cioran More Quotes by Emile M. Cioran More Quotes From Emile M. Cioran Philosophy: Impersonal anxiety; refuge among anemic ideas. Emile M. Cioran anxiety philosophy ideas So long as man is protected by madness - he functions - and flourishes. Emile M. Cioran madness men long If you lack the power to demoralize yourself along with the age, to go as low and as far, do not complain of being misunderstood by it. Emile M. Cioran misunderstood age complaining Impossible to spend sleepless nights and accomplish anything: if, in my youth, my parents had not financed my insomnias, I should surely have killed myself. Emile M. Cioran parent insomnia night Man started out on the wrong foot. The misadventure in paradise was the first consequence. The rest had to follow. Emile M. Cioran paradise feet men Self-conscious rejection of the absolute is the best way to resist God; thus illusion, the substance of life, is saved. Emile M. Cioran rejection substance self Utopia is the grotesque en rose, the need to associate happiness - that is, the improbable - with becoming, and to coerce an optimistic, aerial vision to the point where it rejoins its own source: the very cynicism it sought to combat. In short, a monstrous fantasy. Emile M. Cioran optimistic vision rose Afflicted with existence, each man endures like an animal the consequences which proceed from it. Thus, in a world where everything is detestable, hatred becomes huger than the world and, having transcended its object, cancels itself out. Emile M. Cioran hate animal men Nothing proves that we are more than nothing. Emile M. Cioran prove Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors. Emile M. Cioran injustice progress generations My mission is to kill time, and time's to kill me in its turn. How comfortable one is among murderers. Emile M. Cioran missions murderer kill-me Our place is somewhere between being and nonbeing - between two fictions. Emile M. Cioran two fiction In every man sleeps a prophet, and when he wakes there is a little more evil in the world. Emile M. Cioran evil sleep men You cannot protect your solitude if you cannot make yourself odious. Emile M. Cioran protect solitude ifs What pride to discover that nothing belongs to you - what a revelation. Emile M. Cioran revelations pride Skepticism is the elegance of anxiety. Emile M. Cioran skepticism anxiety elegance All great ideas should be followed by an exclamation mark - a warning signal similar to the skull and crossbones drawn on high-voltage transformers. Emile M. Cioran exclamation-marks skulls ideas Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it. Emile M. Cioran disease miracle stupid A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb. Emile M. Cioran offers paradise democracy A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech. Emile M. Cioran essentials speech silence
