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.

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death... view

By: Albert Camus

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To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well... view

By: Albert Camus

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Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being... view

By: Albert Camus

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Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators... view

By: Albert Camus

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Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference... view

By: Albert Camus

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For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check.. view

By: Albert Camus

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In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion... view

By: Albert Camus

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You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade... view

By: Albert Camus

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The society based on production is only productive, not creative... view

By: Albert Camus

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In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer... view

By: Albert Camus

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How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing... view

By: Albert Camus

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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage... view

By: Albert Camus

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