Emile M. Cioran's Quotes

Our first intuitions are the true ones.

Emile M. Cioran

The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.

Emile M. Cioran

We are afraid of the enormity of the possible.

Emile M. Cioran

The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.

Emile M. Cioran

Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.

Emile M. Cioran

Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.

Emile M. Cioran

What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?

Emile M. Cioran

Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and memory.

Emile M. Cioran