Albert Camus Great Quotations

Travel, which is like a greater and a graver science, brings us back to ourselves.

The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.

The best are led to make greater demands upon themselves. As for those who succumb, they did not deserve to survive.

There are means that cannot be excused. And I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice. I don't want just any greatness for it, particularly a greatness born of blood and falsehood. I want to keep it alive by keeping justice alive.

Politics and the fate of mankind are formed by men without ideals and without greatness. Those who have greatness within them do not go in for politics.

Men who have greatness within them don't go in for politics.

You must have a love, a great love, to ensure an alibi at unjustified despairs that conquer all of us

For those of us who have been thrown into hell, mysterious melodies and the torturing images of a vanished beauty will always bring us, in the midst of crime and folly, the echo of that harmonious insurrection which bears witness, throughout the centuries, to the greatness of humanity.

I conceived at least one great love in my life, of which I was always the object.

Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret.

Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.

I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day.

I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last judgement, it takes place every day.