Albert Camus Quotes about Joy

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Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.

Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.

Albert Camus

Giving, Joy, Defeat

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I was assailed by memories of a life that wasn't mine anymore, but one in which I'd found the simplest and most lasting joys.

Albert Camus

Memories, Joy, Stranger

"The Stranger". Book by Albert Camus, 1942.

I enjoyed my own nature to the fullest, and we all know there lies happiness, although, to soothe one another mutually, we occasionally pretend to condemn such joys as selfishness.

Albert Camus

Happiness, Lying, Joy

Albert Camus (2012). “The Fall”, p.20, Vintage

I was comfortable in all, I admit, but at the same time, nothing satisfied me. Each joy made me seek another.

Albert Camus

Joy, Made, Discontent

If the descent is thus sometimes performed in sorrow, it can also take place in joy.

Albert Camus

Joy, Sorrow, Sometimes

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

Outside of that single fatality of death, everything, joy or happiness, is liberty.

Albert Camus

Joy, Liberty, Sisyphus

Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.117, Vintage

All that remains is a fate whose outcome alone is fatal. Outside of that single fatality of death, everything, joy or happiness, is liberty. A world remains of which man is the sole master. What bound him was the illusion of another world.

Albert Camus

Fate, Men, Joy

Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.117, Vintage