Alone, even doing nothing, you do not waste your time. You do, almost always, in company. No encounter with yourself can be altogether sterile Something necessarily emerges, even if only the hope of some day meeting yourself again. (Emil Cioran)

Alone, even doing nothing, you do not waste your time. You do, almost always, in company. No encounter with yourself can be altogether sterile Something necessarily emerges, even if only the hope of some day meeting yourself again.

Emil Cioran

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