Romanian - Philosopher | April 8, 1911 - June 20, 1995
Every thought derives from a thwarted sensation.
Emil Cioran
ThoughtEverySensationThwarted
Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us.
FreedomHabitMindNegativeLongUs
In every man sleeps a prophet, and when he wakes there is a little more evil in the world.
ManEvilWorldMoreLittleProphet
The more we try to rest ourselves from our Egos, the deeper we sink into it.
RestTryMoreSinkOurDeeper
To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten.
FameWantDyingForgottenScorned
There is no means of proving it is preferable to be than not to be.
ProvingThanMeansPreferable
Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors.
ProgressGenerationInjusticeEach
The mind is the result of the torments the flesh undergoes or inflicts upon itself.
MindResultFleshItself
Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.
HappinessMusicSoulsRefuge
A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.
CivilizationDestroyedOnlyGods
The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.
FearTruthQuestBeingDeceived
The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.
DeathDieDesireEverythingOnly
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