But in order to speak about all and to all, one has to speak of what all know and of the reality… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Because,' Cormery went on, 'when I was very young, very foolish, and very much alone ... you paid attention to me and,… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable. It would be a mistake to say that… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I said that the world is absurd, but I was too hasty. This world in itself is not reasonable, that is all… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
This absurd, godless world is, then, peopled with men who think clearly and have ceased to hope. And I have not yet… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I continue to believe that this world has no ultimate meaning. But I know that something in it has a meaning and… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Perhaps we cannot prevent this world from being a world in which children are tortured. But we can reduce the number of… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
We come into the world laden with the weight of an infinite necessity. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
We must stitch up what has been torn apart, render justice imaginable in the world which is so obviously unjust, make happiness… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
A trial cannot be conducted by announcing the general culpability of a civilization. Only the actual deeds which, at least, stank in… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
What’s true of all the evils in the world is true of plague as well. It helps men to rise above themselves. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
In the world today, only a philosophy of eternity could justify non-violence. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but “steal” some time and give… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
What can a meaning outside my condition mean to me? I can understand only in human terms. What I touch, what resists… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
What, then, is that incalculable feeling that deprives the mind of the sleep necessary to life? A world that can be explained… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
It is not the world that is absurd, nor human thought: the absurd arises when the human need to understand meets the… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Everybody knows that pestilences have a way of recurring in the world; yet somehow we find it hard to believe in ones… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I can feel this heart inside me and I conclude it exists. I can touch this world and I also conclude that… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
To two men living the same number of years, the world always provides the same sum of experiences. It is up to… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Children will still die unjustly even in a perfect society. Even by his greatest effort, man can only propose to diminish, arithmetically,… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“The whole town rushed outside to celebrate this crowded minute when the time of suffering had ended and the time of forgetting had not… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Being is good, but getting rich is better.... If the gods had only the riches of men's adoration, they would be as poor as… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The more I produce, the less I am certain. On the road along which the artist walks, night falls ever more densely. Finally, he… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Having been, not only mutilated in our country, wounded in our very flesh, but also divested of our most beautiful images, for you gave… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I've seen of enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and I've learned it… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The best are led to make greater demands upon themselves. As for those who succumb, they did not deserve to survive. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Then he asked me if I wasn’t interested in a change of life. I said that people never change their lives, that in any… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Thinking of the future, establishing aims for oneself, having preferences-all this presupposes a belief in freedom, even if one occasionally ascertains that one doesn't… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image