Albert Camus

The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm.

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves.

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend they shall never be broken.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.

We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all.