Albert Camus Legacy

The literal meaning of life is whatever you're doing that prevents you from killing yourself.

There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic. The boundary between them is not clearly defined.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Don't walk in front of me… I may not follow. Don't walk behind me… I may not lead. Walk beside me… just be my friend.

What’s the most “Camus” moment you’ve experienced in ordinary life?

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

All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.

“But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad," replied Martin.”

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.

Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

It is my firm belief that the best way to fix the world — a handyman’s dream, if ever there was one — is to fix yourself.