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.
ALBERT CAMUSThe absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.
More Albert Camus Quotes
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I know simply that the sky will last longer than I.
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There is a life and there is a death, and there are beauty and melancholy between.
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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.
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Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.
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We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.
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Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
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I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn’t.
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“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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At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.
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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.
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I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn’t capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold.
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I looked up at the mass of signs and stars in the night sky and laid myself open for the first time to the benign indifference of the world.
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The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart.
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For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment’s human suffering.
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I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.
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