Albert Camus
44 quotations
God put self-pity by the side of despair like the cure by the side of the disease.
In the depth of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions.
The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm.
The society based on production is only productive, not creative.
Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
What is a rebel? A man who says no.
Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.
Every revolutionary ends up by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
Integrity has no need of rules.
Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.
One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.
We call first truths those we discover after all the others.
The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.
Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.
A sub-clerk in the post-office is the equal of a conqueror if consciousness is common to them.
Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.