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“I said that people never change their lives, that in any case one life was as good as another and that I wasn’t dissatisfied with mine here at all.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“Reasonable–that is, human–men will always be capable of compromise, but men who have dehumanized themselves by becoming the blind worshipers of an idea or an ideal are fanatics whose devotion to abstractions makes them the enemies of life.”
― The Way of Zen
― The Way of Zen
“Good ideas don’t stand a chance against good bureaucracy.”
― All You Need Is Kill
― All You Need Is Kill
“Since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the ideas or illusions that give them a reason for living (what is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying). I therefore conclude that the meaning of life is the most urgent of questions.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus
― The Myth of Sisyphus
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