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

Quote by Albert Camus

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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...

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the...

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the...

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...

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile....

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile....

Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I...

Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I...

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that...

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that...

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold...

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold...

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...

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

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

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey...

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey...

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost...

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost...

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life...

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life...

You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in...

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in...

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I...

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I...

Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate,...

Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate,...

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.