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Albert Camus Quotes

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

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

Life Is, Worth Living, Meaningless

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

Decisions You Make, Choices Made, Today

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.

Love, Friendship, Happy

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

Inspirational, Moving On, Encouraging

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

Freedom, Badass, Bad Ass

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

Summer, Wisdom, Hate

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

Giving, Unloved, Misfortunes

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

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

Funny, Positivity, Bad Ass

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

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

Gratitude, Night, Shadow

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

Where there is no hope, we must invent it.

Hope, No Hope

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

Lying, Greatness, Men

You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.

Experience Yourself, Justice, Soul

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

Realization, Life Is, Absurd

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

There always comes a time when one must choose between contemplation and action. This is called becoming a man.

Men, Becoming, Action

Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.86, Vintage

The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being,Freedom from ambition,Creation

Happiness, Ambition, Air

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.

Self, Giving, Solitude

Find your happiness in yourself.

Happiness

Albert Camus (2012). “Happy Death”, p.108, Vintage

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

Suicide, Coffee, Optimistic

I rebel; therefore I exist.

Life, Rebel, Existentialism

Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority.

Law, Democracy, Majority

You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Life, Happiness, Happy

"Intuitions" by Albert Camus, Youthful Writings, 1976.

It takes time to live. Like any work of art, life needs to be thought about.

Time, Art, Needs

Albert Camus (2012). “Happy Death”, p.74, Vintage

Always go too far, because that's where you'll find the truth

Inspirational, Believe, Anime

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.

Lying, Men, Years

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

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

Motivational, Change, Men

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