Sean Davis

“The principle can be established that for a man who does not cheat, what he believes to be true must determine his action. Belief in the absurdity of existence must then dictate his conduct.”
― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“If facing the individual evil in each of us can prevent further social horrors, that would be reward enough. But there is something of purely personal importance to be gained by anyone who will not turn away from the darkness of his own heart In Conrad’s tale, Marlow turns back short of realizing full awareness of his secret self. At the journey’s end, when it is too late to complete his personal pilgrimage, Marlow compares his own flinching failure of nerve with Kurtz’s willingness to go all the way.”
― Sheldon B. Kopp, If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him: The Pilgrimage of Psychotherapy Patients

“Two things are essential for getting people to trust in the system: fair courts and equally fair taxation. Just these two.” In”
― Yoshiki Tanaka, Endurance

“it is easier to deduce from the act itself the consequences it implies. In a sense, and as in melodrama, killing yourself amounts to confessing. It is confessing that life is too much for you or that you do not understand it. Let’s not go too far in such analogies, however, but rather return to everyday words. It is merely confessing that that “is not worth the trouble.” Living, naturally, is never easy. You continue making the gestures commanded by existence for many reasons, the first of which is habit. Dying voluntarily implies that you have recognized, even instinctively, the ridiculous character of that habit, the absence of any profound reason for living, the insane character of that daily agitation, and the uselessness of suffering.”
― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays