Albert Camus Quotes
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It is better to burn than to disappear.
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We have art in order not to die of life.
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All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door.
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Ah! my friend, for whomever is alone, without a god and without a master, the weight of time is terrible. One must then choose a master, God being out of style.
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Have pity, Lord, on those who love and are separated.
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In truth, I was so good at being a man, with such plenitude and simplicity, that I thought I was something of a superman.
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Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
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I felt as I hadn't felt for ages. I had a foolish desire to burst into tears. for the first time I'd realized how all these people loathed me.
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An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement.
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If pimps and thieves everywhere were always punished, honest people would all believe themselves always to be innocent.
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The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions.
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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.
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There is no shame in preferring happiness.
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Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.
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At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.
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The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.
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The only way out of international dictatorship is to place international law above governments, which means that there must be a parliament for making it, and that parliament must be constituted by means of worldwide elections in which all nations will take part.
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The best are led to make greater demands upon themselves. As for those who succumb, they did not deserve to survive.
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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 answer back.
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Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.
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Some are created to love, while the others – to live.
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Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself.
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Life can be magnificent and overwhelming -- that is the whole tragedy. Without beauty, love, or danger it would almost be easy to live.
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There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.