#th

No one can enjoy freedom without trembling. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#freedom #trembling #without

Nothing proves that we are more than nothing. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#nothing #proves #than

The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#either #fanatic #get #himself #idea

Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#books #confide #dare #going #never

A people represents not so much an aggregate of ideas and theories as of obsessions. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#ideas #much #obsessions #people #represents

Anyone who speaks in the name of others is always an imposter. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#anyone #name #others #speaks #who

Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#dagger #flesh #more #much #than

Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#constant #constant need #doing #far #feel

Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#belief #flourishes #intelligence #only #withers

Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#dread #great #inspires #life #more