Emile M. Cioran — Philosophical Quotes

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Emile M. Cioran Quotes

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Emile M. Cioran

Philosopher, Essayist

Philosophical

“The source of our actions resides in an unconscious propensity to regard ourselves as the center, the cause, and the conclusion of time. Our reflexes and our pride transform into a planet the parcel of flesh and consciousness we are.”

Pride Ego Flesh

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Emile M. Cioran

Philosopher, Essayist

Philosophical

“Does our ferocity not derive from the fact that our instincts are all too interested in other people? If we attended more to ourselves and became the center, the object of our murderous inclinations, the sum of our intolerances would diminish.”

People Doe Facts

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Philosophical

“To act is to anchor in the imminent future.”

Anchors

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Philosophical

“Time is heavy sometimes; imagine how heavy eternity must be.”

Sometimes Imagine

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Philosophical

“What can be said, lacks reality. Only what fails to make its way into words exists and counts.”

Way Reality Failing

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Philosophical

“To write books is to have a certain relation with original sin. For what is a book if not a loss of innocence, an act of aggression, a repetition of our Fall?”

Writing Book Fall

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Philosophical

“Consciousness is nature's nightmare.”

Consciousness Nightmare

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Philosophical

“Truths begin by a conflict with the police - and end by calling them in.”

Police Calling

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Philosophical

“One hardly saves a world without ruling it.”

World Ruling

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Philosophical

“Beware of thinkers whose minds function only when they are fueled by a quotation.”

Inspirational Mind

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Philosophical

“To read is to let someone else work for you - the most delicate form of exploitation.”

Form Delicate

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Philosophical

“Our works, whatever they may be, derive from our incapacity to kill or to kill ourselves.”

May Incapacity

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