Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.
Albert CamusThere are plagues, and there are victims, and it's the duty of good men not to join forces with the plagues.
Albert CamusIt is better for the intellectual not to talk all the time. To begin with, it would exhaust him, and, above all, it would keep him from thinking. He must create if he can, first and foremost, especially if his creation does not side-step the problems of his time.
Albert Camus