Albert Camus Quotes about Destiny

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Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Albert Camus

Destiny, Men, Faces

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

If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to human destiny, I am optimistic as to man.

Albert Camus

Optimistic, Destiny, Men

Albert Camus (2012). “Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays”, p.73, Vintage

No longer were there individual destinies; only a collective destiny, made of plague and emotions shared by all.

Albert Camus

Destiny, Emotion, Individual

Albert Camus (1960). “The plague: translated from the French”

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Albert Camus

Change, Fate, Destiny

Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.121, Vintage

The ancients, even though they believed in destiny , believed primarily in nature , in which they participated wholeheartedly. To rebel against nature amounted to rebelling against oneself. It was butting one's head against a wall.

Albert Camus

Wall, Destiny, Rebel

Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.27, Vintage

In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have that consolation, and our worst agonies come to an end one day.

Albert Camus

Destiny, Agony, Giving

Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.261, Vintage

What, in fact, is a novel but a universe in which action is endowed with form, where final words are pronounced, where people possess one another completely, and where life assumes the aspect of destiny?

Albert Camus

Destiny, People, Finals

Politics and the fate of mankind are formed by men without ideals and without greatness. Those who have greatness within them do not go in for politics.

Albert Camus

Fate, Greatness, Destiny

Carnets, 1935-42 (Notebooks, 1962) p. 99

Albert Camus Quotes about Destiny

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