Emile M. Cioran
Emile M. Cioran
NationalityRomanian
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth8 April 1911
CountryRomania
change ideas neckties
We change ideas like neckties.
ideas harbors chiaroscuro
The amount of chiaroscuro an idea harbors is the only index of its profundity.
men ideas grudge
The history of ideas is the history of the grudges of solitary men.
ideas lows fallen
A sensation must have fallen very low to deign to turn into an idea.
exclamation-marks ideas skulls
All great ideas should be followed by an exclamation mark - a warning signal similar to the skull and crossbones drawn on high-voltage transformers.
philosophy ideas anxiety
Philosophy: Impersonal anxiety; refuge among anemic ideas.
ideas people obsession
A people represents not so much an aggregate of ideas and theories as of obsessions.
ideas taught spirituality
Ideas come as you walk, Nietzsche said. Walking dissipates thoughts, Shankara taught.
ideas mind delicacy
Only superficial minds approach an idea with delicacy.
tyrants ideas atheism
The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster.
suicide ideas dies
I live only because it is in my power to die when I choose to: without the idea of suicide, I'd have killed myself right away.
ideas way next
The only way of enduring one disaster after the next is to love the very idea of disaster: if we succeed, there are no further surprises, we are superior to whatever occurs, we are invincible victims.
soul sadism skepticism
Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls.
people normal forget
Normal people have nothing to forget.