"The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy."

"Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object."

"To be happy, one must be able to forget."

"The only noble cause is the defense of man."

"If I had to write a book on ethics, it would have a hundred pages. Ninety-nine of them would be blank. On the last page I would write: 'I recognize only one duty, and that is to love.'"