Albert Camus1913–1960The quotations of
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist
1913–1960
38 quotes, most often on Philosophy, Life & Death and Love.
- Notebooks (1942–1951)
- The Rebel (1951), Introduction
- The Stranger (1942)
The opposite of an idealist is too often a man without love.
A Happy Death (written 1936-38 (published in 1971, over 11 years after the author’s death))Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.
A Happy Death (written 1936-38 (published in 1971, over 11 years after the author’s death))We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.
An Absurd ReasoningA punishment that penalizes without forestalling is indeed called revenge.
Reflections on the Guillotine (1957)A nihilist is not one who believes in nothing, but one who does not believe in what exists.
The Rebel (1951), Part 2: Metaphysical Rebellion- A Happy Death (written 1938), first published as La mort heureuse (1971), as translated by Richard Howard (1972)
- The Rebel (1951), Part 2: Metaphysical Rebellion
- Said at the Dominican Monastery of Latour-Maubourg (1948); reported in Resistance, Rebellion and Death (translation by Justin O’Brien, 1961), p. 73
- The Rebel (1951)
- Reflections on the Guillotine (1957)
The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning.
Review of Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre, published in the newspaper Alger Républicain (20 October 1938), p. 5Myths are made for the imagination to breathe life into them.
The Myth of Sisyphus
