Quotes by Cioran, E. M.

Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with on >>

There is no means of proving it is preferable to be than not to be. >>

No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a beli >>

Quotations about Pessimism

The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indi >>

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. >>

I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is alw >>

Only one endowed with restless vitality is susceptible to pessimism. You become a pessimist --a demonic, elemental, bestial pessimist --only when life has been defeated many times in its fight against depression.

Cioran, E. M.