More from Albert Camus

  1. Life is this dichotomy itself, the mind soaring over volcanoes of light, the madness of justice, the extenuating intransigence of moderatio…
  2. Lucifer also has died with God, and from his ashes has arisen a spiteful demon who does not even understand the object of his venture.
  3. Life can be magnificent and overwhelming - That is its whole tragedy. Without beauty, love, or danger it would almost be easy to live.
  4. Man is that force which ultimately cancels all tyrants and gods.
  5. Liberty ultimately seems to me, for societies and for individuals, for labor and for culture, the supreme good that governs all others.
  6. Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
  7. It is not much to be able to do violence when you have been simply preparing for it for years and when violence is more natural to you than…
  8. Messianism, in order to exist, must construct a defense against the victims.

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