Emil Cioran

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. ”

Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious. ”

When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves. ”

Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness. ”

Our first intuitions are the true ones. ”

I foresee the day when we shall read nothing but telegrams and prayers. ”

We would not be interested in human beings if we did not have the hope of someday meeting someone worse off than ourselves. ”

My mission is to kill time, and time's to kill me in its turn. How comfortable one is among murderers. ”

Ennui is the echo in us of time tearing itself apart. ”

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