Emile M. Cioran
Emile M. Cioran
NationalityRomanian
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth8 April 1911
CountryRomania
mind erode empires
Mind, even more deadly to empires than to individuals, erodes them, compromises their solidity.
interesting mind mets
I never met one interesting mind that was not richly endowed with inadmissible deficiencies.
mind flesh results
The mind is the result of the torments the flesh undergoes or inflicts upon itself.
mind function thinker
Beware of thinkers whose minds function only when they are fueled by a quotation.
boredom mind sap
Boredom dismantles the mind, renders it superficial, out at the seams, saps it from within and dislocates it.
ideas mind delicacy
Only superficial minds approach an idea with delicacy.
religious healthy mind
Good health is the best weapon against religion. Healthy bodies and healthy minds have never been shaken by religious fears.
mind plies intimacy
The only free mind is one that, pure of all intimacy with beings or objects, plies its own vacuity.
mind wish position
Never to have occasion to take a position, to make up one's mind, or to define oneself — there is no wish I make more often.
history mind degradation
History is nothing but a procession of false Absolutes, a series of temples raised to pretexts, a degradation of the mind before the Improbable.
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?