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Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.

Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.

Albert Camus
Life, Truth, Atheism
Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.41, Vintage

In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.

Albert Camus
Order, Atheism, World
Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.261, Vintage

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.

Albert Camus
Thinking, Atheism, Habit
Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.8, Vintage

There exists an obvious fact that seems utterly moral: namely, that a man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them. One has to pay something. A man who has become conscious of the absurd is forever bound to it.

Albert Camus
Men, Forever, Atheism
Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.31, Vintage

I do not want to found anything on the incomprehensible. I want to know whether I can live with what I know and with that alone.

Albert Camus
Atheism, Want, Found
Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.40, Vintage

For the existentials, negation is their God. To be precise, that god is maintained only through the negation of human reason. But, like suicides, gods change with men.

Albert Camus
Suicide, Men, Atheism

Beware of those who say: "I know this too well to be able to express it." For if they cannot do so, this is because they don't know it or because out of laziness they stopped at the outer crust.

Albert Camus
Atheism, Laziness, Able

Can one be a saint if God does not exist? That is the only concrete problem I know of today.

Albert Camus
Atheist, Atheism, Doe

As for Hitler, his professed religion unhesitatingly juxtaposed the God-Providence and Valhalla. Actually his god was an argument at a political meeting and a manner of reaching an impressive climax at the end of speeches.

Albert Camus
Political, Atheism, Valhalla

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