Humor Quote by Albert Camus — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I am strangely tired, not from having talked so much but at the mere thought of what I still have to say”

“The reasoning is classic in its clarity. If God does not exist, Kirilov is god. If God does not exist, Kirilov must kill himself. Kirilov must therefore kill himself to become god. That logic is absurd, but it is what is needed.”

“No code of ethics and no effort are justifiable a priori in the face of the cruel mathematics that command our condition.”

“It was as if that great rush of anger had washed me clean, emptied me of hope, and, gazing up at the dark sky spangled with its signs and stars, for the first time, the first, I laid my heart open to the benign indifference of the universe.”

“The trigger gave; I felt the smooth underside of the butt; and there, in that noise, sharp and deafening at the same time, is where it all started. I shook off the sweat and the sun. I knew that I had shattered the harmony of the day, the exceptional silence of a beach where I'd been happy. Then I fired four more times at the motionless body where the bullets lodged without leaving a trace. And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness.”

“Instant gratification takes too long.”

“Compromise is a stalling between two fools.”

“When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.”

“Men drive off bridges and drink too much because of women like you.”

“I'm your friend, and friends don't let friends die.”

“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”