Faces Quotes by Albert Camus

No code of ethics and no effort are justifiable a priori in the face of the cruel mathematics that command our condition.

— Albert Camus

Every minute of life carries with it its miraculous value, and its face of eternal youth.

— Albert Camus

When I see a new face, something sets off an alarm bell inside me. 'slow down! Danger!' Even when the attraction is…

— Albert Camus

Friendship is not so simple. It is hard to get and takes a long time, but when one ha it one cannot…

— Albert Camus

Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and this is its whole secret.

— Albert Camus

I know [my label], in any case: a double face, a charming Janus, and underneath, the house motto: "Be wary". On my…

— Albert Camus

In Italian museums are sometimes found little painted screens that the priest used to hold in front of the face of condemned…

— Albert Camus

That's the way man is, cher monsieur. He has two faces: he can't love without self-love.

— Albert Camus

I was tormented by my desire for a woman ... I thought so much about a woman, about women, about all the…

— Albert Camus

Every stone here sweats with suffering, I know that. I have never looked at them without a feeling of anguish. But deep…

— Albert Camus

The mind's deepest desire, even in its most elaborate operations, parallels man's unconscious feeling in the face of his universe: it is…

— Albert Camus

Beginning to think is beginning to be undermined. Society has but little connection with such beginnings. The worm is in man's heart.…

— Albert Camus

Big tears of frustration and exhaustion were streaming down his cheeks. But because of all the wrinkles, they weren't dripping off. They…

— Albert Camus

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can…

— Albert Camus

“O light! This is the cry of all the characters of ancient drama brought face to face with their fate. This last…

— Albert Camus

... here, where the gaze is stopped everywhere, the whole earth is designed so that the face turns upward and the gaze…

— Albert Camus

Some other memories of the funeral have stuck in my mind. The old boy’s face, for instance, when he caught up with…

— Albert Camus

What more ghastly image can be called up than that of a man betrayed by his body who, simply because he did…

— Albert Camus

All that remains is a fate whose outcome alone is fatal. Outside of that single fatality of death, everything, joy or happiness,…

— Albert Camus

I spent a long time looking at faces, drinking in smiles. Am I happy or unhappy? It’s not a very important question.…

— Albert Camus

The world expects of Christians that they will raise their voices so loudly and clearly and so formulate their protest that not…

— Albert Camus

Always there comes an hour when one is weary of one's work and devotion to duty, and all one craves for is…

— Albert Camus

Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is…

— Albert Camus