Emil Cioran Quotes

I never think I'm safe. I always live in fear I will lose.

There's always fear. Always fear. Anyone who says they are not afraid is lying to you. Because this can all change tomorrow.

While there's life, there's fear.

I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.'

With such riches as I have in life, you're always nervous. Being Irish, you're waiting for something to knock it sideways.

It seems like the more you grow up the more you fear things.

I do have a sense of displacement as constant instability - the uninterrupted existence of everything that I love and care about is not guaranteed at all. I wait for catastrophes.

Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.

There's so much to be afraid of.

There is no such thing as security. There never has been.

Even when one is doing well, one still worries that things might go badly again in the future. This is an old observation based on human experience.

I'm scared of a lot of things.

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

You can be barefoot and have worries.

It's just so fragile. The growing sense of 'Oh, God, what am I doing? Am I any good? Will I ever work again?' All those questions of self doubt, they do creep in.

Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing.

Uncertainty's not good for anybody.

But I'm the sort of person who, if certain structures topple, it could all go horribly wrong.

There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.

It is a miserable state of mind, to have few things to desire and many things to fear; and yet that commonly is the case of Kings.

The way to feel safe is never to feel secure.

The world's my oyster. But it worries me, all this showing off about being happy. Life is so precarious, and I know terrible things can happen. At the moment, everything is happy.