I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings.
Albert CamusThose who prefer their principles over their happiness, they refuse to be happy outside the conditions they seem to have attached to their happiness.
Albert CamusIt should be pointed out for our own guidance in the West that the continual signing of manifestoes and protests is one of the surest ways of undermining the efficacy and dignity of the intellectual. There exists a permanent blackmail that we all know and that we must have the often solitary courage to resist.
Albert Camus