The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

Quote by Albert Camus

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Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being...

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being...

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost...

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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

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

Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.

Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a belovedperson,...

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a belovedperson,...

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even...

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even...

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.

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...

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...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem...

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem...