"But grace is a state of contentment, even happiness, and
it knows neither abyss nor agony. Why are women happier than men? Is it not
because in them grace and innocence are more common than in men? They too are
affected by sickness and dissatisfaction, but grace predominates. Their naive
grace confers on them a state of superficial equilibrium, which never leads to
tragic and dangerous tensions. Women are safe on the spiritual plane because in
them the dualism between life and the spirit is less intense than in men. A
graceful sense of existence does not lead to metaphysical revelations, to a
vision of truth, to the sense of an ending which poisons every moment of life.
Women are ciphers: the more you think about them, the less you understand
them. In front of women one is silent just as one is silent in contemplation
of the world's secret essence. But where the latter is unfathomable infinity,
the former is simple mystery, in other words,
void."
E.Cioran.
it knows neither abyss nor agony. Why are women happier than men? Is it not
because in them grace and innocence are more common than in men? They too are
affected by sickness and dissatisfaction, but grace predominates. Their naive
grace confers on them a state of superficial equilibrium, which never leads to
tragic and dangerous tensions. Women are safe on the spiritual plane because in
them the dualism between life and the spirit is less intense than in men. A
graceful sense of existence does not lead to metaphysical revelations, to a
vision of truth, to the sense of an ending which poisons every moment of life.
Women are ciphers: the more you think about them, the less you understand
them. In front of women one is silent just as one is silent in contemplation
of the world's secret essence. But where the latter is unfathomable infinity,
the former is simple mystery, in other words,
void."
E.Cioran.
