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 Freedom
Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future. Albert Camus Freedom
After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books. Albert Camus Knowledge
I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary. Albert Camus Death
Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future. Albert Camus Future
As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means. Albert Camus Society
For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium. Albert Camus Death
Conscious of not being able to separate myself from my time, I have decided to become part of it. Albert Camus Time
A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened. Albert Camus Work
By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more. Albert Camus Government
Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future. Albert Camus Society
I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary. Albert Camus Politics
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 War
In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. Albert Camus Nature
The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism. Albert Camus Intelligence
Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature. Albert Camus Nature
Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object. Albert Camus Truth
To cut short the question of the law of retaliation, we must note that even in its primitive form it can operate only between two individuals of whom one is absolutely innocent, and the other absolutely guilty. The victim, to be sure, is innocent. But can the society that is supposed to represent the victim lay claim to innocence? Albert Camus Society