Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much?
What is a rebel? A man who says no, but whose refusal does not imply a renunciation. He is also a man who says yes, from the moment he makes his first gesture of rebellion.
To have money is to have time.
This world in itself is not reasonable, that is all that can be said. But what is absurd is the confrontation of this irrational and the wild longing for clarity whose call echoes in the human heart.
The absurd does not liberate; it binds. It does not authorize all actions. “Everything is permitted” does not mean that nothing is forbidden.
Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.
Sometimes it takes more courage to live than to shoot yourself.
Since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter.
Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.
In that daily effort in which intelligence and passion mingle and delight each other, the absurd man discovers a discipline that will make up the greatest of his strengths.
I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn’t.
Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.
