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

Quote by Albert Camus

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Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to...

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to...

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

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

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

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...

In our society any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to...

In our society any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to...

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

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...

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on...

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on...

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it...

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it...

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...

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...

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope...

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope...

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.

When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.