"There are places where the mind dies so that a truth which is its very denial may be born."

-- Albert Camus

#Truth Quotes #Mind Quotes #Denial Quotes

“I was created by the all powerful God to fill the universe with my masterpieces.”
“We should be less concerned about hurting the feelings of the oppressors and more concerned about standing in solidarity with the oppressed.”
“What of miniature boats constructed of birch bark and fallen leaves, launched onto cold water clear as air? How many fleets were pushed out toward the middles of ponds or sent down autumn brooks, holding treasures of acorns, or black feathers, or a puzzled mantis? Let those grassy crafts be listed alongside the iron hulls that cleave the sea, for they are all improvisations built from the daydreams of men, and all will perish, whether from the ocean siege or October breeze.”
“We know nothing in reality; for truth lies in an abyss.”
“Until the building of Solomons temple the unity of worship according to it had, properly speaking, never had any existence; and, moreover, it is easy to read between the lines that even after that date it was more a pious wish than a practical demand.”

Source : Julius Wellhausen (2013). “Prolegomena to the History of Israel: With a Reprint of the Article 'Israel' from the Encyclopaedia Britannica”, p.36, Cambridge University Press
“Maybe the most real thing the end. To realize when it's too late.”

Source : Peter Heller (2012). “The Dog Stars”, p.215, Vintage
“The band's never taken a year off. Last August we decided to take one, and three months in I was bored to tears.”
“What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision.”

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