All Albert Camus Quotes
- What really counted was the possibility of escape, a leap of freedom, out of the implacable ritual, a wild run for it that would give… Allow
- The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits. Bored
- But, you know, I feel more fellowship with the defeated than with saints. Heroism and sanctity don't really appeal to me, I imagine. What interests… Appeal
- And indeed it could be said that once the faintest stirring of hope became possible, the dominion of plague was ended. Became
- Your success and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them. But to be happy it is essential not to be… Absolved
- People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves. Hasten
- I like these people swarming on the sidewalks, wedged into a little space of houses and canals, hemmed in by fogs, cold lands, and the… Canals
- But again and again there comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished… Attends
- Don't lies eventually lead to the truth? And don't all my stories, true or false, tend toward the same conclusion? Don't they all have the… All
- life is a story and god is author.life is absurd.I think so. Absurd
- To be born to create, to love, to win at games is to be born to live in time of peace. But war teaches us… All
- Rule: Start by looking for what is valid in every man. Every Man
- Give up the tyranny of female charm. Charm
- To lose one's life is no great matter; when the time comes I'll have the courage to lose mine. But what's intolerable is to see… Courage
- I was assailed by memories of a life that wasn't mine anymore, but one in which I'd found the simplest and most lasting joys. Anymore
- My chief occupation, despite appearances, has always been love. Appearance
- Do you believe in God, doctor?" No - but what does that really mean? I'm fumbling in the dark, struggling to make something out. But… Believe
- True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself, hence it remains the favorite pastime of the great lovers… Creates
- I had the whole sky in my eyes and it was blue and gold. Blue
- Any country where I am not bored is a country that teaches me nothing. Any
- Because there is nothing here than invites us to cherish unhappy lovers. Nothing is more vain than to die for love. What we ought to… Cherish
- To feel absolutely right is the beginning of the end. Absolutely
- What made me run away was doubtless not so much the fear of settling down, but of settling down permanently in something ugly. Doubtless
- On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant, and it is… Bad
- They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love. Always Yearn