Albert Camus Quotes, Thoughts and images

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is a superhuman achievement.

Freedom is not constituted primarily of privileges but responsibilities.

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.

Yes, everything is simple. It's people who complicate things.

There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.

To grow old is to pass from passion to compassion.

Liberty is the right not to lie.

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

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority.

Those who lack courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

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

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

Integrity needs no rules.

Where there is no hope, we must invent it.

Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?

You cannot create an experience. You must undergo it.

The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning.

Always go too far, because that's where you'll find the truth

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

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

A society based on production is only productive, not creative.

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

Life is the sum of your choices.

The most important thing you do every day you live is deciding not to kill yourself.

When I look at my life and its secret colours, I feel like bursting into tears.