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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I know of only one duty, and that is to love

I know of only one duty, and that is to love

Integrity has no need of rules.

Integrity has no need of rules.

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life...

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life...

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.

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

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

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

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence...

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence...

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

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

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is...

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is...

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.

To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society...

To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society...

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we...

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we...

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions...

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions...

Opinion of ghosts, ignorance of second causes, devotion to what men fear, and talking of...

Opinion of ghosts, ignorance of second causes, devotion to what men fear, and talking of...

Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion

Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.

Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one

Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one