Always go too far, because that's where you'll find the truth
Interpretation
Pushing boundaries helps uncover deeper truths.
This quote by Albert Camus emphasizes the importance of exploration beyond conventional limits in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding. By urging us to 'go too far,' Camus suggests that true insights and revelations often lie outside the comfort zone and require boldness in questioning and challenging existing beliefs.
In practice
Use this quote to inspire students during a discussion about critical thinking.
The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom charitable souls keep their distance, he has still said nothing. Or, rather, he has spoken through the voice of Victor Hugo, Zola, Richepin. At least, they said so. And these shameful impostures fed their authors. Cruel irony, the Poor Man tormented with hunger feeds those who plead his case.
The certainty of a God giving meaning to life far surpasses in attractiveness the ability to behave badly with impunity. The choice would not be hard to make. But there is no choice and that is where the bitterness comes in. The absurd does not liberate; it binds.
Between history and the eternal I have chosen history because I like certainties. Of it, at least, I am certain, and how can I deny this force crushing me.
Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.
A single sentence will suffice for modern man. He fornicated and read the papers. After that vigorous definition, the subject will be, if I may say so, exhausted.
At times I feel myself overtaken by an immense tenderness for these people around me who live in the same century.
There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's your only music.
Pippin: I didn't think it would end this way._x000D_ Gandalf: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path... One that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass... And then you see it._x000D_ Pippin: What? Gandalf?... See what?_x000D_ Gandalf: White shores... and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise._x000D_ Pippin: Well, that isn't so bad._x000D_ Gandalf: No... No it isn't.
To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.
When we realize what we were before Christ and what we deserved in that state, it further magnifies the enormity of the gospel for us.
My seeking has been to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America and obliquely that of all human kind.
All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot!
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