Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny
Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.
Albert Camus
Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is
Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.
Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them
Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.
The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind
The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.
Don’t believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves
Don’t believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.
To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn’t everything
To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn’t everything.
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.
Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others
Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.
It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money
It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.
Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that’s what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity
Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that’s what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.