We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

Quote by Albert Camus

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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...

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

How utterly futile debauchery seems once it has been accomplished, and what ashes of disgust...

How utterly futile debauchery seems once it has been accomplished, and what ashes of disgust...

Then came human beings, they wanted to cling but there was nothing to cling to....

Then came human beings, they wanted to cling but there was nothing to cling to....

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and...

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and...

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...

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...

How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

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...

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...

Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.

Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.

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

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

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

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

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is...

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, 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.