Albert Camus Quotes

✱ The wisdom of Albert Camus. // By @remvze

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“No code of ethics and no effort are justifiable a priori in the face of the cruel mathematics that command our condition.”

— Albert Camus

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“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”

— Albert Camus

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“Yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us.”

— Albert Camus, Carnets: 1942-1951

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“There is a terrible emptiness in me, an indifference that hurts.”

— Albert Camus, The First Man

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“The entire history of mankind is, in any case, nothing but a prolonged fight to the death for the conquest of universal prestige and absolute power.”

— Albert Camus, The Rebel

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“After awhile you could get used to anything.”

— Albert Camus, The Stranger

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

— Albert Camus

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“Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.”

— Albert Camus

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“The tragedy is not that we are alone, but that we cannot be. At times I would give anything in the world to no longer be connected by anything to this universe of men.”

— Albert Camus

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“Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.”

— Albert Camus, Happy Death

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“All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.”

— Albert Camus

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“What is a rebel? A man who says no.”

— Albert Camus, The Rebel

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“I have seen people behave badly with great morality and I note every day that integrity has no need of rules.”

— Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

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“Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.”

— Albert Camus

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“Everything considered, a determined soul will always manage.”

— Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

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“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.”

— Albert Camus, The Plague

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“I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on God.”

— Albert Camus, The Stranger

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“Maman used to say that you can always find something to be happy about.”

— Albert Camus

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“There is not love of life without despair about life.”

— Albert Camus

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“With rebellion, awareness is born.”

— Albert Camus