To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today.

Quote by Albert Camus

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There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social...

There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social...

Politics and the fate of mankind are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness....

Politics and the fate of mankind are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness....

The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce...

The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce...

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a...

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a...

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...

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a...

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a...

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they...

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they...

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.

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

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

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...

After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are...

After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are...

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...

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that...

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that...

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible...

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible...

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...

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

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...

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?