The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth. - Emile M. Cioran

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. . . like a magnetic compass turning north, I always tried to head in the direction of the better, which is the direction to God. . . . the directions that appeared to lead away from Christianity led me deeper into it.

Emile M. Cioran

The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.

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By all evidence we are in the world to do nothing.

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I do not forgive myself for being born. It is as if creeping into this world, I had profaned a mystery, betrayed some momentous pledge, committed a fault of nameless gravity.

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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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I don’t understand why we must do things in this world, why we must have friends and aspirations, hopes and dreams. Wouldn’t it be better to retreat to a faraway corner of the world, where all its noise and complications would be heard no more? Then we could renounce culture and ambitions; we would lose everything and gain nothing; for what is there to be gained from this world?

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