One might think, that a period which, within fifty years, uproots, enslaves or kills seventy million human beings, should only, and forthwith, be condemned. But also its guilt must be understood. Albert Camus More Quotes by Albert Camus More Quotes From Albert Camus Beauty, no doubt, does not make revolutions. But a day will come when revolutions will have need of beauty. Albert Camus doubtdoeneeds From the moment absurdity is recognized, it becomes a passion, the most harrowing of all. But whether or not one can live with one's passions, whether or not one can accept their law, which is to burn the heart they simultaneously exalt - that is the whole question. Albert Camus passionlawheart To be born to create, to love, to win at games is to be born to live in time of peace. But war teaches us to lose everything and become what we were not. It all becomes a question of style. Albert Camus winningwarpeace The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition. Albert Camus greatnessmenlying The absurd has meaning only in so far as it is not agreed to. Albert Camus absurd If you keep on excusing, you eventually give your blessing to the slave camp, to cowardly force, to organized executioners, to the cynicism of great political monsters; you finally hand over your brothers. Albert Camus brotherblessinghands For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I try to define and to summarize it, it is nothing but water slipping through my fingers. Albert Camus selftryingwater I've seen of enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and I've learned it can be murderous. What interests me is living and dying for what one loves. Albert Camus believepeopleideas Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic. Albert Camus cynicaldemocracypolitical ...the play of the toughest and most lucid mind are at the same time both lavished andsquandered. Albert Camus mindplay Instead of killing and dying in order to produce the being that we are not, we have to live and let live in order to create what we are. Albert Camus killingdyingorder The human heart has a tiresome tendency to label as fate only what crushes it. But happiness likewise, in its way, is without reason, since it is inevitable. Albert Camus crushfateheart To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love. Albert Camus principlesimpossiblelove The absurd is lucid reason noting its limits. Albert Camus absurdlimitsreason By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more. Albert Camus definitionspoliticsgovernment There is always a philosophy for lack of courage. Albert Camus cowardicephilosophy There is the good and the bad, the great and the low, the just and the unjust. I swear to you that all that will never change. Albert Camus never-changeunjustlows Once in the midst of a seemingly endless winter, I discovered within myself an invincible spring. Albert Camus midstwinterspring Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil. Albert Camus principlesevilreality A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously. Albert Camus writingmaycharacter
