Why don't I kill myself? If I knew exactly what keeps me fr… - Emil Cioran

" "
Why don't I kill myself? If I knew exactly what keeps me from doing so, I should have no more questions to ask myself since I should have answered them all.

Emil Cioran

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Emil Cioran

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.

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Emil Mihai Cioran • Emil-Michel Cioran

All quotes from Emil Cioran Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Emil Cioran:

Albert Camus Fernando Pessoa Jean-Paul Sartre Friedrich Nietzsche Henry Miller

Additional quotes by Emil Cioran

No one should try to live if he has not completed his training as a victim.

I have no ideas, only obsessions. Anybody can have ideas. Ideas have never caused anybody’s downfall.

Though we may prefer ourselves to the universe, we nonetheless loathe ourselves much more than we suspect. If the wise man is so rare a phenomenon, it is because he seems unshaken by the aversion which, like all beings, he must feel for himself.

Why don't I kill myself? If I knew exactly what keeps me from doing so, I should have no more questions to ask myself since I should have answered th… - Emil Cioran

About Emil Cioran

Also Known As

Go Premium

Additional quotes by Emil Cioran

Enhance Your Quote Experience