Albert Camus

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

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

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the read more

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children.

We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes, and our ravages. But our task is not to read more

We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes, and our ravages. But our task is not to unleash them on the world; it is to fight them in ourselves and in others.

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

After another moment's silence, she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that read more

After another moment's silence, she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might disgust her for the very same reason.