A person’s life purpose is nothing more than to rediscover, through the detours of art or love or passionate work, those one or two images in the presence of which his heart first opened.
ALBERT CAMUSWhere there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it.
More Albert Camus Quotes
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Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.
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But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
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The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits.
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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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At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.
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There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.
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Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
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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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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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In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.
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After awhile you could get used to anything.
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I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn’t.
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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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We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.
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The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
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