Albert Camus citater

Albert Camus is one of the voices that reminds us that words can carry both courage and clarity. He wrote about the human search for meaning in a world without easy answers—and it is precisely this honesty that keeps his words alive. Camus spoke simply, but never superficially; his voice came from someone who saw both light and shadow and refused to look away. When we share his quotes, we share a glimpse of the humanity and quiet reflection woven into his work.

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

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

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 only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

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

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

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

Live to the point of tears.

You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.

But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.

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

Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.

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

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched.

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't.

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.

I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.

At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person I loved that I didn't eventually betray.

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.

Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.

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

When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune.

I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist.

People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.

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

Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.

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

Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.

Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.

There is not love of life without despair about life.

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

Life can be magnificent and overwhelming -- that is the whole tragedy. Without beauty, love, or danger it would almost be easy to live.

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. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invin

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

If something is going to happen to me, I want to be there.

Since we're all going to die, it's obvious that when and how don't matter.

You can't create experience, you undergo it.

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.

Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to their skepticism.

We are all special cases.

What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.

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.

Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it.

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.

I rebel; therefore I exist.