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Albert Camus Quotes about Life

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I rebel; therefore I exist.

I rebel; therefore I exist.

Life, Rebel, Existentialism

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

Life, Happiness, Happy

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

The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding.

Life, Hate, War

"The Plague". Book by Albert Camus, 1947.

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

Inspirational, Life, Respect

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

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.

Life, Dying, Causes

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Life, Gratitude, Lying

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

Life, Wise, Wisdom

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

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.

Life, Summer, Recovery

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

Love, Life, Valentines Day

In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"The Unquiet Vision : Mirrors of Man in Existentialism" by Nathan A. Scott, (p. 116), 1969.

If something is going to happen to me, I want to be there.

Life, Want, Happens

Albert Camus (2012). “The Stranger”, p.113, Vintage

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Inspirational, Life, Happiness

"Youthful Writings". Book by Albert Camus, October 1932.

People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.

Life, Order, People

Albert Camus (2012). “The Fall”, p.80, Vintage

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

Life, Honesty, Integrity

The innocent is the person who explains nothing

Life, Innocence, Innocent

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

Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.

Life, Truth, Atheism

Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.41, Vintage

The only serious question in life is whether to kill yourself or not.

Life, Suicide, Philosophy

We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

Love, Life, Deceived Us

"A Happy Death" by Albert Camus, translated by Richard Howard, 1972.

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

Life, Hope, Despair

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

Life, Courage, Lying

Albert Camus (1968). “Lyrical and Critical Essays”

If it adapts itself to what the majority of our society wants, art will be a meaningless recreation.

Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

Albert Camus (2012). “Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays”, p.253, Vintage

...the habit of despair is worse than despair itself.

Life, Despair, Habit

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

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

Life, Happiness, Summer

I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.

Life, World, Existentialism

Albert Camus (2002). “The Stranger”, Spark Notes

The opposite of an idealist is too often a man without love.

Life, Men, Opposites

Albert Camus (2012). “Happy Death”, p.133, Vintage

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