"To Live signifies to believe and hope – to lie and to lie to oneself." ― Emile M. Cioran Topic(s): Hope Tags: believe, signifies More From Emile M. Cioran "Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers." "I have no nationality – the best possible status for an intellectual." "Negation is the mind’s first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us." More In Hope "Instead of getting married again, I’m going to find a woman I don’t like and give her a house."― Lewis Grizzard "I still believe in a place called Hope."― William J. Clinton "The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless."― Anne Lamott