Quotes from Albert Camus

In a universe suddenly divested of illusion and lights, man feels an alien, a stranger. His exile is without remedy since he is deprived of the memory of a lost home or the hope of a promised land.

Integrity has no need of rules.

Where there is no hope, we must invent it.

Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it.

There is so much stubborn hope in the human heart.

The absurd hero's refusal to hope becomes his singular ability to live in the present with passion.

I don't want to be a genius-I have enough problems just trying to be a man.

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

Imagination offers people consolation for what they cannot be, and humor for what they actually are.

Absolute freedom mocks at justice. Absolute justice denies freedom.

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

One recognizes one's course by discovering the paths that stray from it.

With rebellion, awareness is born.

Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.

An achievement is bondage.It obliges one to a higher achievement.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.