12 Albert Camus Quotes on Action

Albert Camus quotes on action

7. With rebellion, awareness is born.

39. The preceding merely defines a way of thinking. But the point is to live.

43. The absurd does not liberate; it binds. It does not authorize all actions. 'Everything is permitted' does not mean that nothing is forbidden.

69. There is always a philosophy for lack of courage.

92. N'attendez pas le Jugement dernier. Il a lieu tous les jours.

121. 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.

151. 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.

152. If, after all, men cannot always make history have a meaning, they can always act so that their own lives have one.

187. Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

216. There always comes a time when one must choose between contemplation and action. This is called becoming a man.

217. There are means that cannot be excused.

241. 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.