Albert Camus
Absurdism, The Stranger
Sayings by Albert Camus
There is scarcely any passion without struggle.
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
Don't walk in front of me… I may not follow. Don't walk behind me… I may not lead. Walk beside me… just be my friend.
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
Beginning to think is beginning to be undermined.
There is no love of life without despair of life.
A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.
I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't, and die to find out there is.
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.
The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
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.
The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
Integrity has no need of rules.
The evil that is in the world comes from two things: ignorance and not thinking.
Truth, like light, is best seen by its own light.
The only noble cause is the defense of man.