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

Quote by Albert Camus

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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...

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

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...

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they...

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they...

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.

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...

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...

Integrity has no need of rules.

Integrity has no need of rules.

I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last...

I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last...

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in...

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in...

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without...

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without...

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

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

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

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

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

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

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

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,...

There is the good and the bad, the great and the low, the just and...

There is the good and the bad, the great and the low, the just and...