Albert Camus Quotes

• Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.

  Albert Camus

  Inspirational, Moving On, Encouraging

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• Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.

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  Life Is, Worth Living, Meaningless

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• The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

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  Freedom, Badass, Bad Ass

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• 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

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  Summer, Wisdom, Hate

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• Life is a sum of all your choices". So, what are you doing today?

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  Decisions You Make, Choices Made, Today

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• 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.

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  Love, Friendship, Happy

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  Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.

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  Giving, Unloved, Misfortunes

  Albert Camus (2008). “Notebooks, 1951-1959”, Ivan R Dee

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  Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

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  Funny, Positivity, Bad Ass

  Albert Camus (1965). “Notebooks, 1942-1951”

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• We have art in order not to die of life.

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  Art, Order, Dies

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.93, Vintage

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• Where there is no hope, we must invent it.

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  Hope, No Hope

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• The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning.

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  Realization, Life Is, Absurd

  Albert Camus (2012). “Lyrical and Critical Essays”, p.201, Vintage

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

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  Gratitude, Night, Shadow

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.123, Vintage

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• 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.

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  If There Is A God, Religion, Living My Life

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.

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  Lying, Greatness, Men

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• 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.

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  Life, Summer, Recovery

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• Get scared. It will do you good. Smoke a bit, stare blankly at some ceilings, beat your head against some walls, refuse to see some people, paint and write. Get scared some more. Allow your little mind to do nothing but function. Stay inside, go out - I don't care what you'll do; but stay scared as hell. You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.

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  Wall, Writing, Experience Yourself

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  Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?

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  Suicide, Coffee, Optimistic

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• Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

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  Broken Heart, Teacher, Lost Love

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• But above all, in order to be, never try to seem.

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  Order, Trying, Seems

  Albert Camus (1963). “Carnets: 1935-1942”

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• Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

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  Inspirational, Life, Respect

  Albert Camus (1963). “Carnets: 1935-1942”

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• Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

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  Inspirational, Encouraging, Nature

  Albert Camus (2012). “Caligula and Three Other Plays”, p.104, Vintage

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

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  Love, Life, Valentines Day

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• 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.

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  Lying, Men, Years

  Albert Camus (1978). “Notebooks, 1935-1942”, Harcourt

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• You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

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  Understanding, Experience, Minimalist

  Albert Camus (1963). “Carnets: 1935-1942”

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• Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

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  Inspirational, Courage, Philosophy

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