As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means
As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.
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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.
At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face
At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.
Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face
Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.
The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy
The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself
Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself.
Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must march toward these two goals, painfully but resolutely, certain in advance of our failings on so long a road
Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must march toward these two goals, painfully but resolutely, certain in advance of our failings on so long a road.
Every man, and for stronger reasons, every artist, wants to be recognized. So do I
Every man, and for stronger reasons, every artist, wants to be recognized. So do I.
The role of the intellectual cannot be to excuse the violence of one side and condemn that of the other
The role of the intellectual cannot be to excuse the violence of one side and condemn that of the other.
The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone
The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.