In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.

Quote by Albert Camus

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We are all special cases.

We are all special cases.

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...

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

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

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

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

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.

Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they...

Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they...

If there is sin against life, it consists¦ in hoping for another life and in...

If there is sin against life, it consists¦ in hoping for another life and in...

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,...

To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is...

To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is...

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian

Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I...

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I...

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

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...

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

Summer afternoon...Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.

Summer afternoon...Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.