Emil Cioran

“We are afraid of the enormity of the possible.”

“Our first intuitions are the true ones.”

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

“The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live - moreover, the only one.”

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

“No one can enjoy freedom without trembling.”

“Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.”

“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.”

“Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.”

“Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?”

“For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion.”

“To Live signifies to believe and hope - to lie and to lie to oneself.”

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

“Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.”