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

Quote by Albert Camus

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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....

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

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

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...

To marry a woman who you love and who loves you is to lay a...

To marry a woman who you love and who loves you is to lay a...

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

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

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

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of...

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of...

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

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.

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose...

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose...

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...

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope...

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.

He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.

If God is for us, who can be against us. (Romans 8:31)

If God is for us, who can be against us. (Romans 8:31)

I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze and I won't know what to...

I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze and I won't know what to...