All Albert Camus Quotes
- The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm. Announce
- Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely. Believe
- Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery. Acknowledge
- He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool. Condition
- In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist. Exist
- One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves. Leader
- To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love. Abandon
- The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude. Century
- Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil. Becoming
- Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic. Becoming
- I draw from the Absurd three consequences: my revolt, my liberty, my passion. Absurd
- There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn. Change
- Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. Charity
- We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible. God
- You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade. Inspirational
- All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football. All
- It is necessary to fall in love... if only to provide an alibi for all the random despair you are going to feel anyway. Alibi
- Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love. Idea
- There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed. Customs
- To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady. Fact
- To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well. Adoration
- After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion. All
- I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up. Able
- No cause justifies the deaths of innocent people. Cause
- Rebellion cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified. Cannot Exist