An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

Quote by Albert Camus

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A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom,...

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom,...

We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage,...

We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage,...

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...

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he...

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he...

Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.

Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

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...

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible...

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible...

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

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

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

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 myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce...

The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce...

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

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

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence...

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence...

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of....

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of....

The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.

The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.

We come into this world with a specific, personal destiny. We have a job to...

We come into this world with a specific, personal destiny. We have a job to...

I don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season...

I don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season...

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not...

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not...