Then came human beings, they wanted to cling but there was nothing to cling to. Thus I progressed on the surface of life, in the realm of words as it were, never in reality. All those books barely read, those…

Quote by Albert Camus

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We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage,...

We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage,...

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

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

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 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...

We are all special cases.

We are all special cases.

To be happy we must not be too concerned with others.

To be happy we must not be too concerned with others.

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

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

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

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

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

Murder is terribly exhausting.

Murder is terribly exhausting.

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 is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the...

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the...

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

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

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy...

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy...

To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery...

To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery...

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power....

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power....

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the...

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the...

As I speak to you today, government censors somewhere are working furiously to erase my...

As I speak to you today, government censors somewhere are working furiously to erase my...