“There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.”

— Albert Camus · Wisdom quote

There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night. — Albert Camus quote card
Writer · 1913 – 1960

French-Algerian writer and philosopher, author of The Stranger; Nobel Prize in Literature 1957.

More quotes by Albert Camus · Browse all quotes on QuotePlace

Source: The Myth of Sisyphus (1942) · ✓ Source verified

More like this

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. — Albert Camus
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
Albert Camus
There are more things to admire in men than to despise. — Albert Camus
There are more things to admire in men than to despise.
Albert Camus
Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth. — Albert Camus
Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.
Albert Camus
In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. — Albert Camus
In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.
Albert Camus
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. — Albert Camus
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
Albert Camus
You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. — Albert Camus
You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.
Albert Camus