Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.

Quote by Albert Camus

Topics: Creation Quotes

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they...

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they...

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...

To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society...

To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society...

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

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

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person...

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person...

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I...

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I...

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.

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

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

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...

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey...

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey...

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

What is a rebel? A man who says no

What is a rebel? A man who says no

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...

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...

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...

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

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

It should be made clear that in order to live a Christian life, any Christian...

It should be made clear that in order to live a Christian life, any Christian...

A guilty suffering spirit is more open to grace than an apathetic or smug soul.

A guilty suffering spirit is more open to grace than an apathetic or smug soul.