After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.

Quote by Albert Camus

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I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to...

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to...

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.

One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.

One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.

Murder is terribly exhausting.

Murder is terribly exhausting.

Politics and the fate of mankind are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness....

Politics and the fate of mankind are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness....

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person...

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person...

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not...

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not...

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being...

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being...

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on....

All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on....

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to...

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to...

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and...

Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and...

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in...

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in...

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate...

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate...

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a...

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a...

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.