Emile M. Cioran
Emile M. Cioran
NationalityRomanian
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth8 April 1911
CountryRomania
facts meaning-of-life reason
The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live - moreover, the only one.
memories imagination life-is
Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and memory.
source source-of-life subjective
the deepest subjective experiences are also the most universal, because through them one reaches the universal source of life.
life prayer men
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.
epilepsy life-is geometry
Life is merely a fracas on an unmapped terrain, and the universe a geometry stricken with epilepsy.
hate loving-life men
You are done for - a living dead man - not when you stop loving but stop hating. Hatred preserves: in it, in its chemistry, resides the mystery of life.
futility-of-life decision life-is
Since all life is futility, then the decision to exist must be the most irrational of all.
life-and-death people overcoming
Death makes no sense except to people who have passionately loved life. How can one die without having something to part from? Detachment is a negation of both life and death. Whoever has overcome his fear of death has also triumphed over life. For life is nothing but another word for this fear.
soul sadism skepticism
Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls.
people normal forget
Normal people have nothing to forget.
speaks
Anyone who speaks in the name of others is always an imposter.
fear history result ultimately
Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?
freedom merely
For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion.
Sperm is a bandit in its pure state.