The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than…

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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...

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

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

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

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...

Nature is a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible...

Nature is a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible...

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.

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!

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

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...

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,...

There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is...

There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is...

I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last...

I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last...

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.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian

Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian

The night of December 25, to which date the Nativity of Christ was ultimately assigned,...

The night of December 25, to which date the Nativity of Christ was ultimately assigned,...

A Christian is a man who feels Repentance on a Sunday For what he did...

A Christian is a man who feels Repentance on a Sunday For what he did...