Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious. — Emil Cioran
Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves. — Emil Cioran
For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion. — Emil Cioran
A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation’s paradise and its tomb. — Emil Cioran
A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: — Emil Cioran
Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher’s the poet’s equal there. — Emil Cioran
One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland – and no other. — Emil Cioran
In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws. — Emil Cioran
In every man sleeps a prophet, and when he wakes there is a little more evil in the world. — Emil Cioran
It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late. — Emil Cioran