Albert Camus on Peace Quotes

"The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind."

"The feeling of the absurd is not, for all that, the feeling of despair."

"To create is to live twice."

"Few understand the immense effort required by some just to maintain the appearance of normalcy in daily life."

"Humans are unique in their constant struggle to deny their nature, always striving to become something other than what they are."

"There is no peace without justice, and no justice without truth."

"To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others."

"The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning."

"Charisma allows one to receive agreement without ever having to articulate a specific demand."

"Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day."

"I rebel; therefore we exist."

"Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present."

"Everything that exalts life at the same time increases its absurdity."

"Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question."

"Every individual is a unique exception to the rule, making generalization impossible."

"Beauty, no doubt, does not make revolutions. But a day will come when revolutions will have need of beauty."

"Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is."

"I rebel against the silence of the universe, and therefore we exist."

"The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants."

"Dialogue is the only way to avoid the cycle of violence."

"A person of true character does not require a rulebook to know how to act correctly."

"I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice."

"I draw from the absurd three consequences, which are my revolt, my liberty, and my passion."

"At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman."

"The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy."

"Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken."

"Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre."

"He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool."

"Do not wait for the last judgment; it takes place every single day in the way we treat one another."

"By definition, the absurd is a contradiction. It is that divorce between the mind that desires and the world that disappoints."

"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."

"In order to exist, man must rebel, but rebellion must respect the limit it discovers in itself."

"Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better."