Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
ALBERT CAMUSMan is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
ALBERT CAMUSI 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.
ALBERT CAMUSWe have to live and let live in order to create what we are.
ALBERT CAMUSThere is not love of life without despair about life.
ALBERT CAMUSI should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.
ALBERT CAMUSThe need to be right – the sign of a vulgar mind.
ALBERT CAMUSA man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says.
ALBERT CAMUSWe must learn how to lend ourselves to dreaming when dreams lend themselves to us.
ALBERT CAMUSDo not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.
ALBERT CAMUSSometimes at night I would sleep open-eyed underneath a sky dripping with stars. I was alive then.
ALBERT CAMUSYou are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.
ALBERT CAMUSShould I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?
ALBERT CAMUSI like people who dream or talk to themselves interminably; I like them, for they are double. They are here and elsewhere.
ALBERT CAMUSThe struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart.
ALBERT CAMUSDon’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 CAMUSThe most important thing you do everyday you live is deciding not to kill yourself.
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