Albert Camus on happiness
Albert Camus97 quotes · See all““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.”
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The most important thing you do everyday you live is deciding not to kill yourself.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus What made me run away was doubtless not so much the fear of settling down, but of settling down permanently in something ugly.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus 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 CamusAlbert Camus Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus After awhile you could get used to anything.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus Integrity has no need of rules.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus 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.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus We are all special cases.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic. The boundary between them is not clearly defined.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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