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

Quote by Albert Camus

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It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to...

It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to...

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the...

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the...

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...

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of...

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of...

After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are...

After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are...

Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name...

Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name...

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

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

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

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.

Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly

Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly

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

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

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

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...

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...

It's no use reminding yourself daily that you are mortal: it will be brought home...

It's no use reminding yourself daily that you are mortal: it will be brought home...

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

I don't want to be a genius - I have enough problems just trying to...

I don't want to be a genius - I have enough problems just trying to...

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

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

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