In fact, other people create for lack of power. I, on the other hand, do not need a work: I live.
Albert CamusThere was a time when I didnโt at any minute have the slightest idea how I could reach the next one. Yes, one can wage war in this world, ape love, torture oneโs fellow man, or merely say evil of oneโs neighbour while knitting. But, in certain cases, carrying on, merely continuing, is superhuman.
Albert CamusThere will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed.
Albert CamusBut again and again there comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished with death. The schoolteacher is well aware of this. And the question is not one of knowing what punishment or reward attends the making of this calculation. The question is one of knowing whether two and two do make four
Albert Camus