Best Albert Camus Quotes
1- “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
2- “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
3- “Life is a sum of all your choices”. So, what are you doing today?” ~ Albert Camus
4- “My dear, In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm. I realized, through it all, that… In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back. Truly yours, Albert Camus” ~ Albert Camus
5- “The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.” ~ Albert Camus
6- “Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.” ~ Albert Camus
7- “Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.” ~ Albert Camus
8- “Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it’s meaningless.” ~ Albert Camus
9- “Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.” ~ Albert Camus
10- “Every time I hear a political speech or I read those of our leaders, I am horrified at having, for years, heard nothing which sounded human. It is always the same words telling the same lies. And the fact that men accept this, that the people’s anger has not destroyed these hollow clowns, strikes me as proof that men attribute no importance to the way they are governed; that they gamble – yes, gamble – with a whole part of their life and their so called ‘vital interests.” ~ Albert Camus
11- “Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but “steal” some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.” ~ Albert Camus
12- “The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being,Freedom from ambition,Creation” ~ Albert Camus
13- “Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.” ~ Albert Camus
14- “There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.” ~ Albert Camus
15- “Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.” ~ Albert Camus
16- “Where there is no hope, we must invent it.” ~ Albert Camus
17- “Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?” ~ Albert Camus
18- “The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.” ~ Albert Camus
19- “Life is the sum of your choices.” ~ Albert Camus
20- “Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.” ~ Albert Camus
21- “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.” ~ Albert Camus
22- “Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority.” ~ Albert Camus
23- “I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn’t, than live as if there isn’t and to die to find out that there is.” ~ Albert Camus
24- “You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” ~ Albert Camus
25- “Humans are creatures, who spent their lifes trying to convince themselves, that their existence is not absurd” ~ Albert Camus
26- “Always go too far, because that’s where you’ll find the truth” ~ Albert Camus
27- “Find your happiness in yourself.” ~ Albert Camus
28- “Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.” ~ Albert Camus
29- “The most important thing you do everyday you live is deciding not to kill yourself.” ~ Albert Camus
30- “The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning.” ~ Albert Camus
31- “The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning.” ~ Albert Camus
32- “There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.” ~ Albert Camus
33- “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” ~ Albert Camus
34- “Life should be lived to the point of tears” ~ Albert Camus
35- “Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.” ~ Albert Camus
36- “I know of only one duty, and that is to love.” ~ Albert Camus
37- “To grow old is to pass from passion to compassion.” ~ Albert Camus
38- “The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding.” ~ Albert Camus
39- “When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune.” ~ Albert Camus
40- “Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.” ~ Albert Camus
41- “On certain mornings, as we turn a corner,
an exquisite dew falls on our heart
and then vanishes.
But the freshness lingers, and this, always,
is what the heart needs.
The earth must have risen in just such a light
the morning the world was born.” ~ Albert Camus
42- “A man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says.” ~ Albert Camus
43- “You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.” ~ Albert Camus
44- “Yes, everything is simple. It’s people who complicate things.” ~ Albert Camus
45- “There is no shame in preferring happiness.” ~ Albert Camus
46- “We must admit that today conformity is on the Left. To be sure, the Right is not brilliant. But the Left is in complete decadence, a prisoner of words, caught in its own vocabulary, capable merely of stereotyped replies, constantly at a loss when faced with truth, from which it nevertheless claimed to derive its laws. The Left is schizophrenic and needs doctoring through pitiless self-criticism, exercise of the heart, close reasoning, and a little modesty.” ~ Albert Camus
47- “What is a rebel? A man who says no.” ~ Albert Camus
48- “Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.” ~ Albert Camus
49- “You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.” ~ Albert Camus
50- “Integrity has no need of rules.” ~ Albert Camus
