Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it. Albert Camus couragefindjustify Change image and share on social
Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself. Albert Camus callconsistdestroy share on social
To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything. Albert Camus believecorrecthalf Change image and share on social
The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody. Albert Camus carrychordear share on social
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 badfreefreedom Change image and share on social
We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves. Albert Camus insidelivemake Change image and share on social
Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil. Albert Camus evilprinciplereality Change image and share on social
To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today. Albert Camus absolutelyamountassert share on social
Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children. Albert Camus airbreathechild Change image and share on social
Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity. Albert Camus absurditybasicallybottom share on social