All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door.

Quote by Albert Camus

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The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an...

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an...

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

I don't want to be a genius - I have enough problems just trying to...

I don't want to be a genius - I have enough problems just trying to...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

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...

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society...

To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society...

How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

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

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

Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower

Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions...

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions...

Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip...

Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip...

It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.

It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name...

Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name...