Albert Camus

The only way to deal with this world is to refuse to be reasonable.

There are times when the world is so dry and empty that one has to invent a reason to live.

Man is always prey to his truths.

Everything I know about morality and the obligations of men, I owe to football.

Man's greatness lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.

The most important thing is to be able to be alone.

The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, measure it, sound it, and descend into it.

It is by the light of the sun that we see the world, but it is by the light of the spirit that we understand it.

The world is what we make it.

Man is a creature who cannot remain silent.

The only way to escape the absurdity is to embrace it.

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

The only serious question in life is whether to kill yourself or not.

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.

Always to be judged, and to be judged without the possibility of a defense, that is the plight of the innocent.

The evil that is in the world comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

It is necessary to die to be able to live. And if we can't die, then we can't live.

I knew that in order to be free, I had to be a slave to something. And that something was my own freedom.

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?