Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable.
ALBERT CAMUSIn the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
More Albert Camus Quotes
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Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
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The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits.
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I had only a little time left and I didn’t want to waste it on God.
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We are all exceptional cases. We all want to appeal against something! Each of us insists on being innocent at all cost, even if he has to accuse the whole human race and heaven itself.
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The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.
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The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
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They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love.
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Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.
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But sometimes it takes more courage to live than to shoot yourself.
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I used to advertise my loyalty and I don’t believe there is a single person I loved that I didn’t eventually betray.
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After awhile you could get used to anything.
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The need to be right – the sign of a vulgar mind.
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If absolute truth belongs to anyone in this world, it certainly does not belong to the man or party that claims to possess it.
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You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.
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The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits.
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Nothing in life is worth, turning your back on, if you love it.
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Nothing in the world is worth turning one’s back on what one loves.
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And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness.
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Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.
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We must learn how to lend ourselves to dreaming when dreams lend themselves to us.
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The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
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We are all special cases.
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We are all born mad, some remain so.
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Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?
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I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.
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I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.
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