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" To act is to anchor in an imminent future, so imminent it becomes almost tangible; to act is to feel you are consubstantial with that future. "
Emile M. Cioran
Anchor
Feel
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" The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster. "
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" What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on. "
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" Since all life is futility, then the decision to exist must be the most irrational of all. "
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" Chaos is rejecting all you have learned, chaos is being yourself. "
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" A golden rule: to leave an incomplete image of oneself. "
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" Everything is pathology, except for indifference. "
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" One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other. "
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" Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious. "
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" To Live signifies to believe and hope - to lie and to lie to oneself. "
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" What pride to discover that nothing belongs to you - what a revelation. "
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" Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it. "
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" Nothing is so wearing as the possession or abuse of liberty. "
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" The Universal view melts things into a blur. "
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" In order to have the stuff of a tyrant, a certain mental derangement is necessary. "
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