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“I live only because it is in my power to die when I choose to: without the idea of suicide, I'd have killed myself right away.”

Quote by Emile M. Cioran

Book:All Gall is Divided: Gnomes and Apothegms

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All Gall is Divided: Gnomes and Apothegms

This book offers a unique blend of humor and wisdom, presenting a series of gnomes' tales and maxims that challenge conventional thinking and provide a light-hearted look at life's complexities. more

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Emile M. Cioran

Emile M. Cioran was a Romanian-born French philosopher known for his pessimistic and existentialist views. His works deeply explored the essence of human existence, suffering, and nihilism. more

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“No one should forget: Eros alone can fulfill life; knowledge, never. Only Eros makes sense; knowledge is empty infinity; – for thoughts, there is always time; life has its time; there is no thought that comes too late; any desire can become a regret.”

Should Desire Forget Regret Late Empty Make Sense Too Late Infinity Eros

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“The reaction against your own thought in itself lends life to thought. How this reaction is born is hard to describe, because it identifies with the very rare intellectual tragedies. The tension, the degree and level of intensity of a thought proceeds from its internal antinomies, which in turn are derived from the unsolvable contradictions of a soul. Thought cannot solve the contradictions of the soul. As far as linear thinking is concerned, thoughts mirror themselves in other thoughts, instead of mirroring a destiny.”

Thinking Soul Hard Turns Born Levels Destiny Degrees Intellectual Concerned Tragedy Mirrors Solve Reactions Tension Contradiction Internals Intensity Linear Mirroring

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“I don’t understand how people can believe in God, even when I myself think of him everyday.”

People Thinking Believe Everyday Believe In God

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“A regret understood by no one: the regret to be a pessimist. It’s not easy to be on the wrong foot with life.”

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“The fear of your own solitude, of its vast surface and its infinity… Remorse is the voice of solitude. And what does this whispering voice say? Everything in us that is not human anymore.”

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“All philosophers should end their days at Pythia's feet. There is only one philosophy, that of unique moments.”

Should Ends Philosophy Moments Feet Unique Philosopher

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“Ideas should be neutral. But man animates them with his passions and folly. Impure and turned into beliefs, they take on the appearance of reality. The passage from logic is consummated. Thus are born ideologies, doctrines, and bloody farce.”

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“Society: an inferno of saviors!”

Book:A short history of decay

Source: A short history of decay

“Where are my sensations? They have melted into... me, and what is this me, this self, but the sum of these evaporated sensations?”

Self Sensations

Book:The Trouble with Being Born

Source: The Trouble with Being Born