Albert Camus

For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment's human suffering.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

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

There is something divine in mindless beauty.

People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.

...He said firmly, 'God can help you. All the men I’ve seen in your position turned to Him in their time of trouble.' 'Obviously,' I replied, 'they were at liberty to do so, if they felt like it.' I, however, didn’t want to be helped, and I hadn’t time to work up interest for something that didn’t interest me.

In the age of ideologies, we must make up our minds about murder. If murder has rational foundations, then our period and we ourselves have significance. If it has no such foundations, then we are plunged into madness there is no way out except to find some significance or to desist.

Existence is illusory and it is eternal.

Life is the sum of all your choices.

Healthy people have a natural skill of avoiding feverish eyes.

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