Albert Camus Quotes

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

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  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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• 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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  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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• I have no friends, I only have accomplices now. On the other hand, my accomplices are more numerous than my friends: they are the human race.

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  Race, Hands, No Friends

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• Je puis nier une chose sans me croire obligé de la salir ou de retirer aux autres le droit d'y croire.

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  Atheist

  Albert Camus, Jacqueline Lévi-Valensi (2006). “Œuvres complètes”

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

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  Hope, No Hope

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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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• 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

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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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  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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• 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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• The most important thing you do everyday you live is deciding not to kill yourself.

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  Philosophical, Everyday, Important

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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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• I rebel; therefore I exist.

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  Life, Rebel, Existentialism

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• The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

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  Life, Wise, Wisdom

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

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

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  Peace, War, Tyrants

  Albert Camus (2012). “Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays”, p.101, Vintage

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