Albert Camus Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Albert Camus quotes, Albert Camus sayings, and Albert Camus proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question. Albert Camus
At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face. Albert Camus
Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference. Albert Camus
All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door. Albert Camus
One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves. Albert Camus
Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness. Albert Camus
Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret. Albert Camus
There is a terrible emptiness in me, an indifference that hurts. Albert Camus
A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing. Albert Camus
A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world. Albert Camus
An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. Albert Camus
The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning. Albert Camus
There is no more futile punishment than futile and hopeless labor. Albert Camus
Every authentic work of art is a gift offered to the future. Albert Camus
The absurd depends as much on man as on the world. For the moment, it is all that links them together. Albert Camus
The world in which we were called to exist was an absurd world, and there was no other in which we could take refuge. Albert Camus
The absurd is a shadow cast over everything we do and even if we try to live life as if it has meaning as if there are reasons for doing things the absurd will linger in the back of our minds as a nagging doubt that perhaps there is no point. Albert Camus
The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning. Albert Camus
We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage. Albert Camus
What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying. Albert Camus
If time seems to pass so quickly, this is because there are no landmarks. Like the moon when it is at its heights on the horizon. Albert Camus
Still, obviously, one can't be sensible all the time. Albert Camus
Utopia is that which is in contradiction with reality. Albert Camus
The French Revolution gave birth to no artists but only to a great journalist, desmoulins, and to an under-the-counter writer, sade. The only poet of the times was the guillotine. Albert Camus
Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question. Albert Camus
We call first truths those we discover after all the others. Albert Camus
But above all, in order to be, never try to seem. Albert Camus
Powerful, yes, that is the word that I constantly rolled on my tongue, I dreamed of absolute power, the kind that forces others to kneel, that forces the enemy to capitulate, finally converting him, and the more the enemy is blind, cruel, sure of himself, buried in his conviction, the more his admission proclaims the royalty of he who has brought on his defeat. Albert Camus
At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face. Albert Camus
At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face. Albert Camus