We interest others by the misfortune we spread around us.

Emile M. Cioran
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We interest others by the misfortune we spread around us.
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Ambition is a drug that makes its addicts potential madmen. ✨ History and Utopia. Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.
Every thought derives from a thwarted sensation. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1976). The Trouble with Being Born, Viking Books
If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: I want to be praised.
Does our ferocity not derive from the fact that our instincts are all too interested in other people? If we attended more to ourselves and became the center, the object of our murderous inclinations, … ▶
All philosophers should end their days at Pythia's feet. There is only one philosophy, that of unique moments. ✨ The Book of Delusions. Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1936.

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