126 Quotes by Romanian authors

Romanian words carry the hush of forests and the hum of village courtyards, mixing tenderness with a flint-edged irony. From doina melancholy and the ache of dor to the stubborn humor that outwits hardship, sayings weigh fate against free will and find dignity in small labors. Ballads like Miorița murmur of destiny, while Orthodox candles and plum brandy warm the night. Expect wisdom that is earthy, lyrical, and unsentimental, truths spoken softly, with patience, hospitality, and a gaze that holds memory and resolve.

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"What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... It is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface"

Constantin Brancusi, Sculptor

Constantin Brancusi

"It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"My mission is to kill time, and time's to kill me in its turn. How comfortable one is among murderers"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win"

Nadia Comaneci, Athlete

Nadia Comaneci

"I'm simply an accident. Why take it all so seriously?"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife"

Ilie Nastase, Athlete

"You are done for - a living dead man - not when you stop loving but stop hating. Hatred preserves: in it, in its chemistry, resides the mystery of life"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"The limit of every pain is an even greater pain"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"I like to tell young people to work hard for your goals and live in the moment"

Nadia Comaneci, Athlete

Nadia Comaneci

"By all evidence, we are in the world to do nothing"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave"

Constantin Brancusi, Sculptor

Constantin Brancusi

"I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet"

Nadia Comaneci, Athlete

Nadia Comaneci

"Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"Sperm is a bandit in its pure state"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"I have no nationality - the best possible status for an intellectual"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"We die in proportion to the words we fling around us"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"We are afraid of the enormity of the possible"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"Life creates itself in delirium and is undone in ennui"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"When you see a fish, you don't think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water... If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement, give a pattern or shape of reality. I want just the flash of its spirit"

Constantin Brancusi, Sculptor

Constantin Brancusi

"To see far is one thing, going there is another"

Constantin Brancusi, Sculptor

Constantin Brancusi

"I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age"

Nadia Comaneci, Athlete

Nadia Comaneci

"I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives"

Nadia Comaneci, Athlete

Nadia Comaneci

"You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people"

Nadia Comaneci, Athlete

Nadia Comaneci

"As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport"

Nadia Comaneci, Athlete

Nadia Comaneci

"My marriage to my husband, Bart Conner, in 1996, is my proudest personal moment"

Nadia Comaneci, Athlete

Nadia Comaneci

"I never promised you a rose garden"

Traian Basescu, Politician

"Glory - once achieved, what is it worth?"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"We are born to exist, not to know, to be, not to assert ourselves"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

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

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"I foresee the day when we shall read nothing but telegrams and prayers"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"Ambition is a drug that makes its addicts potential madmen"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"Tolerance - the function of an extinguished ardor - tolerance cannot seduce the young"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"If we could see ourselves as others see us, we would vanish on the spot"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"Woes and wonders of Power, that tonic hell, synthesis of poison and panacea"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"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"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

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