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

Quote by Albert Camus

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All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

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.

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...

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

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...

The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where...

The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where...

Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around...

Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around...

We have been working hard to think about what our combined needs are going to...

We have been working hard to think about what our combined needs are going to...