Albert Camus Quotes
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Since the order of the world is shaped by death, mightn't it be better for God if we refuse to believe in Him, and struggle with all our might against death without raising our eyes towards the heaven where He sits in silence?
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We are not certain, we are never certain. If we were we could reach some conclusions, and we could, at last, make others take us seriously.
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Paris is dirty. It has pigeons and black yards. The people have white skin.
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One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.
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All healthy men have thought of their own suicide.
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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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Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.
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In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have that consolation, and our worst agonies come to an end one day.
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The reasoning is classic in its clarity. If God does not exist, Kirilov is god. If God does not exist, Kirilov must kill himself. Kirilov must therefore kill himself to become god. That logic is absurd, but it is what is needed.
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The loss of love is the loss of all rights, even though one had them all.
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There's the risk of being loved...and that would keep me from being happy.
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My life was lucky so that I met, I loved (and disappointed) only outstanding people.
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If nothing had any meaning, you would be right. But there is something that still has a meaning.
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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 the union of all.