All Albert Camus Quotes
- Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments, a future - and also because we live as if our… Always Help
- Every time I hear a political speech or I read those of our leaders, I am horrified at having, for years, heard nothing which sounded… Accept
- When a war breaks out, people say: "It's too stupid; it can't last long." But though a war may well be "too stupid," that doesn't… Break
- ...the habit of despair is worse than despair itself. Despair
- Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee? Coffee
- The absurd is lucid reason noting its limits. Absurd
- You always get exaggerated notions about things you don't know anything about. Always Get
- I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on God. God
- I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world. Gentle
- We all carry within us places of exile, our crimes, our ravages. Our task is not to unleash them on the world; it is to… All
- All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too… All
- Peace is the only battle worth waging. Battle
- The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown. Begins
- There is always a certain hour of the day and of the night when a man’s courage is at its lowest ebb, and it was… Certain
- Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable. Absurd
- There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for. Causes
- …. Query: How contrive not to waste one's time? Answer: By being fully aware of it all the while. Ways in which this can be… Afternoon
- …there's no question of heroism in all this. It's a matter of common decency. That's an idea which may make some people smile, but the… All
- All I maintain is that on this earth there are pestilences and there are victims, and it's up to us, so far as possible, not… All
- But what are a hundred million deaths? When one has served in a war, one hardly knows what a dead man is, after a while.… Actually Seen
- I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist. Atheism
- I cling like a miser to the freedom that disappears as soon as there is an excess of things. Cling
- But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself. Courage
- But when a man has had only four hours' sleep he isn't sentimental. He sees things as they are: that is to say, he sees… Four
- Where would his torture be, indeed, if at every step the hope of succeeding upheld him? Every Step