Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable. Albert Camus More Quotes by Albert Camus More Quotes From Albert Camus Truth and freedom, having few lovers, are demanding mistresses. Albert Camus mistress honesty integrity Integrity has no need of rules. Albert Camus honesty integrity needs Thus I draw from the absurd three consequences, which are my revolt, my freedom, and my passion. By the mere activity of consciousness I transform into a rule of life what was an invitation to death—and I refuse suicide. Albert Camus passion three suicide There is not a single true work of art that has not in the end added to the inner freedom insight and life of each person who has known and loved it. Albert Camus insight ends art All I know of morality I learned from football Albert Camus analysis football soccer One cannot be a part-time nihilist. Albert Camus part-time nihilist nihilism Happiness too is inevitable. Albert Camus idealism inevitable cynicism Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future. Albert Camus art-and-culture future perfect The nobility of our calling will always be rooted in two commitments difficult to observe: refusal to lie about what we know, and resistance to oppression. Albert Camus writing lying commitment ...Any authentic creation is a gift to the future. Albert Camus creation culture art Lying is not only saying what isn't true. It is also, in fact especially, saying more than is true and, in the case of the human heart, saying more than one feels. We all do it, every day, to make life simpler. Albert Camus heart lying facts They hurt each other without wanting to, just because each represented to the others the cruel and demanding necessity of their lives. Albert Camus hurt In the world there is, parallel to the force of death and constraint, an enormous force of persuasion that is called culture. Albert Camus persuasion culture world If I convince myself that this life has no other aspect than that of the absurd, if I feel that its whole equilibrium depends on that perpetual opposition between my conscious revolt and the darkness in which it struggles, if I admit that my freedom has no meaning except in relation to its limited fate, then I must say that what counts is not the best living but the most living. Albert Camus fate darkness struggle Art, at least, teaches us that man cannot be explained by history alone and that he also finds a reason for his existence in the order of nature. Albert Camus men order art I have no friends, I only have accomplices now. On the other hand, my accomplices are more numerous than my friends: they are the human race. Albert Camus no-friends race hands I realized then that a man who had lived only one day could easily live for a hundred years in prison. He would have enough memories to keep him from being bored Albert Camus men memories years Men cry because things are not what they ought to be. Albert Camus cry suffering men No matter how the sun shone, the sea held forth no more promises. Albert Camus matter sea promise I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again. For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate. Albert Camus crowds hate wish
