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For the existentials, negation...

For the existentials, negation is their God. To be precise, that god is maintained only through the negation of human reason. But, like suicides, gods change with men.

Albert Camus 1179 quotes

Beware of those who say: 'I k...

Beware of those who say: 'I know this too well to be able to express it.' For if they cannot do so, this is because they don't know it or because out of laziness they stopped at the outer crust.

Albert Camus 1179 quotes

As for Hitler, his professed r...

As for Hitler, his professed religion unhesitatingly juxtaposed the God-Providence and Valhalla. Actually his god was an argument at a political meeting and a manner of reaching an impressive climax at the end of speeches.

Albert Camus 1179 quotes

Since the order of the world i...

Since the order of the world is shaped by death, mightn't it be better for God if we refuse to believe in Him, and struggle with all our might against death without raising our eyes towards the heaven where He sits in silence?

Albert Camus 1179 quotes

Politics and the fate of manki...

Politics and the fate of mankind are formed by men without ideals and without greatness. Those who have greatness within them do not go in for politics.

Albert Camus 1179 quotes

...we rarely confide in those ...

...we rarely confide in those who are better than we. Rather, we are more inclined to flee their society. Most often, on the other hand, we confess to those who are like us and who share our weaknesses. Hence we don't want to improve ourselves and be bettered, for we should first have to be judged in default. We merely wish to be pitied and encouraged in the course we have chosen. In short, we should like, at the same time, to cease being guilty and yet not to make the effort of cleansing ourselves.

Albert Camus 1179 quotes

Believe me, religions are on t...

Believe me, religions are on the wrong track the moment they moralize and fulminate commandments. God is not needed to create guilt or to punish. Our fellow men suffice, aided by ourselves.

Albert Camus 1179 quotes

I enjoyed my own nature to the...

I enjoyed my own nature to the fullest, and we all know there lies happiness, although, to soothe one another mutually, we occasionally pretend to condemn such joys as selfishness.

Albert Camus 1179 quotes

It is immoral not to tell....

It is immoral not to tell.

Albert Camus 1179 quotes

Human relationships always hel...

Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments, a future - and also because we live as if our only task was precisely to have relationships with other people.

Albert Camus 1179 quotes

Every time I hear a political ...

Every time I hear a political speech or I read those of our leaders, I am horrified at having, for years, heard nothing which sounded human. It is always the same words telling the same lies. And the fact that men accept this, that the people's anger has not destroyed these hollow clowns, strikes me as proof that men attribute no importance to the way they are governed; that they gamble Ђ' yes, gamble Ђ' with a whole part of their life and their so called 'vital interests.

Albert Camus 1179 quotes

When a war breaks out, people ...

When a war breaks out, people say: 'It's too stupid; it can't last long.' But though a war may well be 'too stupid,' that doesn't prevent its lasting. Stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves.

Albert Camus 1179 quotes

...the habit of despair is wor...

...the habit of despair is worse than despair itself.

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Should I kill myself, or have ...

Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?

Albert Camus 1179 quotes

The absurd is lucid reason not...

The absurd is lucid reason noting its limits.

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You always get exaggerated not...

You always get exaggerated notions about things you don't know anything about.

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I had only a little time left ...

I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on God.

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I opened myself to the gentle ...

I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.

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We all carry within us places ...

We all carry within us places of exile, our crimes, our ravages. Our task is not to unleash them on the world; it is to transform them in ourselves and others.

Albert Camus 1179 quotes

All men have a sweetness in th...

All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out.

Albert Camus 1179 quotes

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