All Albert Camus Quotes
- As soon as one does not kill oneself, one must keep silent about life. Doe
- Morality, when formal, devours. Devours
- To those who despair of everything reason cannot provide a faith, but only passion, and in this case it must be the same passion that… Cannot Provide
- The only conception of freedom I can have is that of the prisoner or the individual in the midst of the State. The only one… Action
- The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom charitable souls keep their distance,… Authors
- All systems of morality are based on the idea that an action has consequences that legitimize or cancel it. A mind imbued with the absurd… Absurd
- Absolute freedom mocks at justice. Absolute justice denies freedom. Absolute
- There may be responsible persons, but there are no guilty ones. Guilt
- Does the end justify the means? That is possible. But what will justify the end? To that question, which historical thought leaves pending, rebellion replies:… Doe
- We can't do without dominating others or being served.... The essential thing, in sum, is being able to get angry without the other person being… Able
- To live is to hurt others, and through others, to hurt oneself. Cruel earth! How can we manage not to touch anything? To find what… Cruel
- A liking for truth at any cost is a passion that spares nothing and that nothing resists. It's a vice, at times a comfort, or… Any
- The act of love . . . is a confession. Selfishness screams aloud, vanity shows off, or else true generosity reveals itself. Act
- You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Inspirational
- A sub-clerk in the post-office is the equal of a conqueror if consciousness is common to them. Clerk
- That must be wonderful; I have no idea of what it means. Idea
- Truth and freedom, having few lovers, are demanding mistresses. Demanding
- Instead of killing and dying in order to produce the being that we are not, we have to live and let live in order to… Create
- Freedom is not a gift received from the State or leader, but a possession to be won every day by the effort of each and… All
- Freedom is not a reward or a decoration that is celebrated with champagne...Oh no! It's a...long distance race, quite solitary and very exhausting. Celebrated
- Freedom of the press is perhaps the freedom that has suffered the most from the gradual degradation of the idea of liberty. Degradation
- Absolute justice is achieved by the suppression of all contradiction, therefore it destroys freedom. Absolute
- Men who have greatness within them don't go in for politics. Go
- Life is the sum of your choices. Choices
- In a universe suddenly divested of illusion and lights, man feels an alien, a stranger. His exile is without remedy since he is deprived of… Alien