Philosophy Quote by Emil Cioran — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“As long as one believes in philosophy, one is healthy; sickness begins when one starts to think.”

“In numele si sub teroarea ei (plictiselii, n.m.) parasesc oamenii caminul si moartea agreabila legata de el si se avanta in lume, spre a muri undeva fara acoperis si fara lacrimi; adolescentii se gandesc la sinucideri in zile infinite de primavara, iar servitoarele fara amanti se lamenteaza duminicile, de parca inima lor e un cimitir in care mortii nu pot dormi.”

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

“Man starts over again everyday, in spite of all he knows, against all he knows.”

“Each time I fail to think about death, I have the impression of cheating, of deceiving someone in me.”

“Knowledge subverts love: in proportion as we penetrate our secrets, we come to loathe our kind, precisely because they resemble us.”

“Be in limits, life will never limit you.”

“Want less, live more”

“What we have forgotten is that thoughts and words are conventions, and that it is fatal to take conventions too seriously. A convention is a social convenience, as, for example, money ... but it is absurd to take money too seriously, to confuse it with real wealth ... In somewhat the same way, thoughts, ideas and words are "coins" for real things.”

“You know, I think that only if one feels immensely important can one feel truly light.”

“The price we have paid for expecting to be so much more than our ancestors is a perpetual anxiety that we are far from being all we might be.”

“The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it.”