Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth.
Source: The New Gods, Strangled Thoughts, sct. 3 (Le Mauvais D?miurge, 1969; tr. 1974).
-- Emile M Cioran, (Apr 8 1911-1995), Romanian philosopher, essayist; His work has been noted for its pervasiveáphilosophical pessimism, and frequently engages with issues of suffering, decay, andánihilism.