Albert Camus Quotes
10 quotes
Albert Camus
French philosopher-writer on absurdity and human dignity
10 Quotes
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
— Return to Tipasa, Lyrical and Critical Essays
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
— The Myth of Sisyphus
I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn’t.
— The Stranger
Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?
— Aphorisms, Notebooks 1935–1951
Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.
— Notebook III, Notebooks 1935–1951
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
— The Rebel
Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.
— The Fall
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 Myth of Sisyphus
There is not love of life without despair about life.
— The Myth of Sisyphus
There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide.
— The Myth of Sisyphus