Albert Camus ( 10 of 63 )
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.
All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner read more
All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door.
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.
An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement.
An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement.
A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.
A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.
In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have read more
In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have that consolation, and our worst agonies come to an end one day.
Resist no temptation: a guilty conscience is more honorable than regret
Resist no temptation: a guilty conscience is more honorable than regret
There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you read more
There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you to believe in God. Believing in God amounts to coming to terms with death. When you have accepted death, the problem of God will be solved--and not the reverse.
If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic read more
If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to human destiny, I am optimistic as to man.
Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.
Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.
