My enthusiasms . . . constitute my reserves, my unexploited resources, perhaps my future.E. M. Cioran
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."E. M. Cioran
An individual dies . . . when, instead of taking risks and hurling himself toward being, he cowers within, and takes refuge there.E. M. Cioran
