A sub-clerk in the post office is the equal of a conqueror if consciousness is common to them. All experiences are indifferent in this regard. There are some that do either a service or a disservice to man. They do him a service if he is conscious. Otherwise, that has no importance: a man's failures imply judgment, not of circumstances, but of himself.
Albert CamusThe first concern of any dictatorship is, consequently, to subjugate both labor and culture.
Albert CamusA symbol always transcends the one who makes use of it and makes him say in reality more than he is aware of expressing.
Albert Camus