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....

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...

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...

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate...

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate...

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the...

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the...

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.

What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.

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...

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible...

In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible...

Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It happens every day.

Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It happens every day.

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

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

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

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

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,...

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even...

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even...

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an...

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an...

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

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

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to...

In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to...