Albert Camus

To those who despair of everything, reason cannot provide a faith, but only passion, and in this case it must be the same passion that lay at the root of the despair, namely humiliation and hatred.

It is not rebellion itself which is noble but the demands it makes upon us.

As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; for the first time, in that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world. Finding it so much like myself - so like a brother, really - I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again. For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate.

We are not certain, we are never certain. If we were we could reach some conclusions, and we could, at last, make others take us seriously.

Only he who is uncompromising as to his rights maintains the sense of duty.

Psychology is action, not thinking about oneself. We continue to shape our personality all our life. To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to their skepticism.

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

The struggle to reach the top is itself enough to fulfill the heart of man. One must believe that Sisyphus is happy.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.