Albert Camus Quotes on Action
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With rebellion, awareness is born.
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The preceding merely defines a way of thinking. But the point is to live.
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The absurd does not liberate; it binds. It does not authorize all actions. 'Everything is permitted' does not mean that nothing is forbidden.
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There is always a philosophy for lack of courage.
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N'attendez pas le Jugement dernier. Il a lieu tous les jours.
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Does the end justify the means? That is possible. But what will justify the end? To that question, which historical thought leaves pending, rebellion replies: the means.
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If you keep on excusing, you eventually give your blessing to the slave camp, to cowardly force, to organized executioners, to the cynicism of great political monsters; you finally hand over your brothers.
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If, after all, men cannot always make history have a meaning, they can always act so that their own lives have one.
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Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
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There always comes a time when one must choose between contemplation and action. This is called becoming a man.
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There are means that cannot be excused.
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We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes and our ravages. But our task is not to unleash them on the world; it is to fight them in ourselves and in others.