“The farther men get from God, the farther they advance into the knowledge of religions.”
Emil M. Cioran book The Trouble With Being Born
The Trouble With Being Born (1973)
“Men rush to California and Australia as if the true gold were to be found in that direction; but that is to go to the very opposite extreme to where it lies. They go prospecting farther and farther away from the true lead, and are most unfortunate when they think themselves most successful.”
Life Without Principle (1863)
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