Don’t believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.
ALBERT CAMUSShould I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?
More Albert Camus Quotes
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He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
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The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
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Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
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It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.
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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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A man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says.
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Today we are always as ready to judge as we are to fornicate.
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But the heart has its own memory and I have forgotten nothing.
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Always go too far, because that’s where you’ll find the truth.
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I’ve never really had much of an imagination. But still I would try to picture the exact moment when the beating of my heart would no longer be going on inside my head.
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We are all special cases.
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To feel absolutely right is the beginning of the end.
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Since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter.
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In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.
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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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