Albert Camus Quotes
Albert Camus Quotes
The greatest saving one can make in the order of thought is to accept the unintelligibility of the world — and pay attention to man.
- Albert Camus (1913-1960) – French Writer – Notebook IV Jan. 1942- Sept. 1945
There is no freedom for man so long as he has not overcome his fear of death.
- Albert Camus (1913-1960) – French Writer – Notebook IV Jan. 1942- Sept. 1945
Poor and free rather than rich and enslaved. Of course, men want to be both rich and free, and this is what leads them at times to be poor and enslaved.
- Albert Camus (1913-1960) – French Writer – Notebook VI April 1948 — March 1951
There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.
- Albert Camus (1913-1960) – French Writer
For everything to be consummated, and for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a crowd of spectators the day of my execution, and that they greet me with cries of hate.
- Albert Camus (1913-1960) – French Writer
I know of only one duty, and that is to love.
- Albert Camus (1913-1960) – French Writer
Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.
- Albert Camus (1913-1960) – French Writer
