The more we try to wrest ourselves from our ego, the deeper… - Emil Cioran

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The more we try to wrest ourselves from our ego, the deeper we sink into it.

Emil Cioran

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Emil Cioran (8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher and essayist whose work is known for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, which frequently engages with issues of suffering, decay, and nihilism.

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Alternative Names: Emil Mihai Cioran • Emil-Michel Cioran

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Life creates itself in delirium and is undone in ennui.

Paradise was unendurable, otherwise the first man would have adapted to it; this world is no less so, since here we regret paradise or anticipate another one. What to do? Where to go? Do nothing and go nowhere, easy enough.

The only interesting philosophers are the ones who have stopped thinking and have begun to search for happiness.

The more we try to wrest ourselves from our ego, the deeper we sink into it. - Emil Cioran

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