There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.

Quote by Albert Camus

Topics: Philosophical Quotes

Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.

Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

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

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

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.

It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only...

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only...

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself;...

True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself;...

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of...

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of...

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

After another moment's silence, she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why...

After another moment's silence, she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why...

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of...

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of...

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last...

I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last...

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey...

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey...

To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society...

To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society...

The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.