Albert Camus Quotes

Albert Camus Quotes

Albert Camus, the renowned French-Algerian philosopher, novelist, and journalist, left behind a legacy of thought-provoking and poetic insights.

Quotes by Albert Camus

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.”
― Albert Camus

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
― Albert Camus

“The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.”
― Albert Camus

“Live to the point of tears.”
― Albert Camus

“There is no love of life without despair of life.”
― Albert Camus

“Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.”
― Albert Camus

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
― Albert Camus

“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
― Albert Camus

“A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.”
― Albert Camus

“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”
― Albert Camus

“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.”
― Albert Camus

“To love someone means to see them as God intended them.”
― Albert Camus

“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”
― Albert Camus

“Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.”
― Albert Camus

“The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.”
― Albert Camus

“Since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter.”
― Albert Camus

“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide.”
― Albert Camus

“What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.”
― Albert Camus

“A true artist is never poor.”
― Albert Camus

“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”
― Albert Camus

“Integrity has no need of rules.”
― Albert Camus

“Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority.”
― Albert Camus

“Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.”
― Albert Camus

“There is not love of life without despair about life.”
― Albert Camus

“Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it. But its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself.”
― Albert Camus

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
― Albert Camus

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
― Albert Camus

“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
― Albert Camus

“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”
― Albert Camus

“Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?”
― Albert Camus

“Live to the point of tears.”
― Albert Camus

“But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.”
― Albert Camus

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
― Albert Camus

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”
― Albert Camus, The Fall

“I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn’t.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger

“Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.”
― Albert Camus

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
― Albert Camus

“I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.”
― Albert Camus, L’Étranger

“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”
― Albert Camus

“When I look at my life and its secret colours, I feel like bursting into tears.”
― Albert Camus, A Happy Death

“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942

“To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.”
― Albert Camus

“The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.”
― Albert Camus

“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.”
― Albert Camus

“I used to advertise my loyalty and I don’t believe there is a single person I loved that I didn’t eventually betray.”
― Albert Camus, The Fall

“Always go too far, because that’s where you’ll find the truth”
― Albert Camus

“At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.”
― Albert Camus

“When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune.”
― Albert Camus

“I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks 1951-1959

“I had only a little time left and I didn’t want to waste it on God.”
― Albert Camus, L’Étranger

“People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.”
― Albert Camus, The Fall

“Since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger

“Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.”
― Albert Camus

“I have no idea what’s awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.”
― Albert Camus, The Plague

“I looked up at the mass of signs and stars in the night sky and laid myself open for the first time to the benign indifference of the world.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger

“Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.”
― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“If something is going to happen to me, I want to be there.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger

“There is not love of life without despair about life.”
― Albert Camus, Lyrical and Critical Essays

“Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.”
― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.”
― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.”
― Albert Camus, The Rebel

“Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep”
― Albert Camus

“I would rather live my life as if there is a god and die to find out there isn’t, than live my life as if there isn’t and die to find out there is.”
― Albert Camus

“When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
― Albert Camus

“The literal meaning of life is whatever you’re doing that prevents you from killing yourself.”
― Albert Camus

“There is scarcely any passion without struggle.”
― Albert Camus

“I rebel; therefore I exist.”
― Albert Camus

“Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to their skepticism.”
― Albert Camus

“It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.”
― Albert Camus

“Life can be magnificent and overwhelming — that is the whole tragedy. Without beauty, love, or danger it would almost be easy to live. ”
― Albert Camus

“Have you no hope at all? And do you really live with the thought that when you die, you die, and nothing remains?” “Yes,” I said.”
― Albert Camus

“I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn’t capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold.”
― Albert Camus

“Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.”
― Albert Camus

“What is a rebel? A man who says no.”
― Albert Camus

“The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.”
― Albert Camus

“Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee? But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.”
― Albert Camus

“Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday; I can’t be sure.”
― Albert Camus

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