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1. No matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger, something better, pushing right back. - Albert Camus
2. In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. - Albert Camus
3. A man devoid of hope and conscious of being so has ceased to belong to the future. - Albert Camus
4. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. - Albert Camus
5. 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. - Albert Camus
6. Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. - Albert Camus
7. After awhile you could get used to anything. - Albert Camus
8. Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it. - Albert Camus
9. Always go too far, because that’s where you’ll find the truth. - Albert Camus
10. Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question. - Albert Camus
11. If we believe in nothing, if nothing has any meaning and if we can affirm no values whatsoever, then everything is possible and nothing has any importance. - Albert Camus
12. Always there comes an hour when one is weary of one's work and devotion to duty, and all one craves for is a loved face, the warmth and wonder of a loving heart. - Albert Camus
13. People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves. - Albert Camus
14. The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. - Albert Camus
15. The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy. - Albert Camus
16. The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits. - Albert Camus
17. Life can be magnificent and overwhelming, that is the whole tragedy. Without beauty, love, or danger it would almost be easy to live. - Albert Camus
18. Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken. - Albert Camus
19. A man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says. - Albert Camus
20. I know simply that the sky will last longer than I. - Albert Camus
21. When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune. - Albert Camus
22. I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't. - Albert Camus
23. I don't want to be a genius. I have enough problems just trying to be a man. - Albert Camus
24. The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. - Albert Camus
25. It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners. - Albert Camus
26. Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth. - Albert Camus
27. Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments, a future and also because we live as if our only task was precisely to have relationships with other people. - Albert Camus
28. The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind. - Albert Camus
29. The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding. - Albert Camus
30. I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world. - Albert Camus
31. I've never really had much of an imagination. But still I would try to picture the exact moment when the beating of my heart would no longer be going on inside my head. - Albert Camus
32. Nothing in life is worth, turning your back on, if you love it. - Albert Camus
33. I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn’t capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold. - Albert Camus
34. In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion. - Albert Camus
35. He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool. - Albert Camus
36. There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night. - Albert Camus
37. But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? - Albert Camus
38. Life is a sum of all your choices. - Albert Camus
39. What made me run away was doubtless not so much the fear of settling down, but of settling down permanently in something ugly. - Albert Camus
40. Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day. - Albert Camus
41. Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves. - Albert Camus
42. If absolute truth belongs to anyone in this world, it certainly does not belong to the man or party that claims to possess it. - Albert Camus
43. At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman. - Albert Camus
44. It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money. - Albert Camus
45. Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much? - Albert Camus
46. At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face. - Albert Camus
47. A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world. - Albert Camus
48. Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil. - Albert Camus
49. Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. - Albert Camus
50. Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it. - Albert Camus
1. No matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger, something better, pushing right back. - Albert Camus
2. In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. - Albert Camus
3. A man devoid of hope and conscious of being so has ceased to belong to the future. - Albert Camus
4. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. - Albert Camus
5. 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. - Albert Camus
6. Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. - Albert Camus
7. After awhile you could get used to anything. - Albert Camus
8. Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it. - Albert Camus
9. Always go too far, because that’s where you’ll find the truth. - Albert Camus
10. Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question. - Albert Camus
11. If we believe in nothing, if nothing has any meaning and if we can affirm no values whatsoever, then everything is possible and nothing has any importance. - Albert Camus
12. Always there comes an hour when one is weary of one's work and devotion to duty, and all one craves for is a loved face, the warmth and wonder of a loving heart. - Albert Camus
13. People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves. - Albert Camus
14. The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. - Albert Camus
15. The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy. - Albert Camus
16. The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits. - Albert Camus
17. Life can be magnificent and overwhelming, that is the whole tragedy. Without beauty, love, or danger it would almost be easy to live. - Albert Camus
18. Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken. - Albert Camus
19. A man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says. - Albert Camus
20. I know simply that the sky will last longer than I. - Albert Camus
21. When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune. - Albert Camus
22. I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't. - Albert Camus
23. I don't want to be a genius. I have enough problems just trying to be a man. - Albert Camus
24. The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. - Albert Camus
25. It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners. - Albert Camus
26. Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth. - Albert Camus
27. Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments, a future and also because we live as if our only task was precisely to have relationships with other people. - Albert Camus
28. The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind. - Albert Camus
29. The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding. - Albert Camus
30. I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world. - Albert Camus
31. I've never really had much of an imagination. But still I would try to picture the exact moment when the beating of my heart would no longer be going on inside my head. - Albert Camus
32. Nothing in life is worth, turning your back on, if you love it. - Albert Camus
33. I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn’t capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold. - Albert Camus
34. In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion. - Albert Camus
35. He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool. - Albert Camus
36. There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night. - Albert Camus
37. But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? - Albert Camus
38. Life is a sum of all your choices. - Albert Camus
39. What made me run away was doubtless not so much the fear of settling down, but of settling down permanently in something ugly. - Albert Camus
40. Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day. - Albert Camus
41. Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves. - Albert Camus
42. If absolute truth belongs to anyone in this world, it certainly does not belong to the man or party that claims to possess it. - Albert Camus
43. At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman. - Albert Camus
44. It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money. - Albert Camus
45. Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much? - Albert Camus
46. At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face. - Albert Camus
47. A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world. - Albert Camus
48. Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil. - Albert Camus
49. Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. - Albert Camus
50. Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it. - Albert Camus