Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?

Author: Emile M. Cioran

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Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.

Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.

To exist is a habit I do not despair of acquiring.

Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past, so that we can live our dreams.

Perhaps the history of the errors of mankind, all things considered, is more valuable and interesting than that of their discoveries.

I'm afraid that sometimes you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.