E. M. Cioran

Quotes

• “If each of us were to confess his most secret desire the one that inspires all his plans all his actions he would say...”
• “An individual dies ... when instead of taking risks and hurling himself toward being he cowers within and takes refug...”
• “My enthusiasms ... constitute my reserves my unexploited resources perhaps my future.”
• “Let us not be needlessly bitter certain failures are sometimes fruitful.”
• “No one can keep his griefs in their prime they use themselves up.”
• “Democracy is a festival of mediocrity.”