Emil M. Cioran: Nothing (page 3)

Emil M. Cioran was Romanian philosopher and essayist. Explore interesting quotes on nothing.
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“The same feeling of not belonging, of futility, wherever I go: I pretend interest in what matters nothing to me, I bestir myself mechanically or out of charity, without ever being caught up, without ever being somewhere. What attracts me is elsewhere, and I don't know where that elsewhere is.”

Emil M. Cioran book The Trouble With Being Born

The Trouble With Being Born (1973)

Feeling

“Everything exists; nothing exists. Either formula affords a like serenity. The man of anxiety, to his misfortune, remains between them, trembling and perplexed, forever at the mercy of a nuance, incapable of gaining a foothold in the security of being or in the absence of being.”

Emil M. Cioran book The Trouble With Being Born

The Trouble With Being Born (1973)

“Nothing is indefensible — from the absurdest proposition to the most monstrous crime.”

Emil M. Cioran book A Short History of Decay

A Short History of Decay (1949)

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

Emil M. Cioran book History and Utopia

History and Utopia (1960)

Reading