"In the world today, only a philosophy..." - Quote by Albert Camus
In the world today, only a philosophy of eternity could justify non-violence.
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“When love ceases to be tragic it is something else and the individual again throws himself in search of tragedy.”
“What gives value to travel is fear. It is a fact that, at a certain moment, when we are so far from our own country, we are seized by a vague fear and an instinctive desire to go back to the protection of old habits. I look upon it more as an occasion for testing.”
“In that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world. Finding it so much like myself--like a brother, really--I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again.”
More on Non Violence
“Weapons are not proper instruments for gentle people; they use them only when they have no other choice. Peace and quiet are what they value. They do not glory in victory.”
“Good leaders reach solutions, and then stop. They do not dare to rely on force.”
“The establishment will irritate you - pull your beard, flick your face - to make you fight. Because once they've got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don't know how to handle is non-violence and humor.”
More on Philosophy
“Everything that occupies space has form. The formless can only be infinite.”
“Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.”
“He said that love was an emotion contra natura that condemned two strangers to a base and unhealthy dependence, and the more intense it was, the more ephemeral.”