Albert Camus

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than read more

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in read more

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

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.

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares read more

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.