The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown. Albert Camus More Quotes by Albert Camus More Quotes From Albert Camus Thinking of the future, establishing aims for oneself, having preferences-all this presupposes a belief in freedom, even if one occasionally ascertains that one doesn't feel it. Albert Camus freedom belief thinking Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated can be compared. For there to be an equivalency, the death penalty would have to punish a criminal who had warned his victim of the date at which he would inflict a horrible death on him and who, from that moment onward, had confined him at his mercy for months. Such a monster is not encountered in private life. Albert Camus punishment dying death Yes, there was an element of abstraction and unreality in misfortune. But when an abstraction starts to kill you, you have to get to work on it. Albert Camus unreality abstraction elements I said that the world is absurd, but I was too hasty. This world in itself is not reasonable, that is all that can be said. But what is absurd is the confrontation of this irrational and the wild longing for clarity whose call echoes in the human heart. Albert Camus absurdity-of-life echoes heart But, you know, I feel more fellowship with the defeated than with saints. Heroism and sanctity don't really appeal to me, I imagine. What interests me is being a man. Albert Camus heroism saint men A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad. Albert Camus be-good 4th-of-july media Working conditions for me have always been those of the monastic life: solitude and frugality. Except for frugality, they are contrary to my nature, so much so that work is a violence I do to myself. Albert Camus working-conditions violence solitude Turbulent childhood, adolescent daydreams in the drone of the bus's motor, mornings, unspoiled girls, beaches, young muscles always at the peak of their effort, evening's slight anxiety in a sixteen-year-old-heart, lust for life, fame, and ever the same sky through the years, unfailing in strength and light, itself insatiable, consuming one by one over a period of months the victims stretched out in the form of crosses on the beach at the deathlike hour of noon. Albert Camus girl morning beach A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession. Albert Camus hipster art needs The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor. Albert Camus punishment rocks fall Women are all we know of paradise on this earth. Albert Camus gender paradise earth At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman. Albert Camus beauty life lying There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn. Albert Camus fate destiny change Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love. Albert Camus precious-stones love men Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much? Albert Camus essentials should order Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. Albert Camus generosity practice order I love life - that’s my real weakness. I love it so much that I am incapable of imagining what is not life. Albert Camus weakness real life The struggle to the top alone will make a human heart SWELL. Albert Camus humans struggle heart Every minute of life carries with it its miraculous value, and its face of eternal youth. Albert Camus youth minutes faces Have you no hope at all? And do you really live with the thought that when you die, you die, and nothing remains?" "Yes," I said. Albert Camus no-hope stranger said
