Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
ALBERT CAMUSDo not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.
More Albert Camus Quotes
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I know simply that the sky will last longer than I.
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Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.
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Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.
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I don’t want to be a genius-I have enough problems just trying to be a man.
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But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
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Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
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I used to advertise my loyalty and I don’t believe there is a single person I loved that I didn’t eventually betray.
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Rebellion cannot exist without a strange form of love.
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The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
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If we believe in nothing, if nothing has any meaning and if we can affirm no values whatsoever, then everything is possible and nothing has any importance.
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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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Don’t believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.
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Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
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We are all special cases.
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After awhile you could get used to anything.
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I rebel; therefore I exist.
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Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
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Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.
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The most important thing you do everyday you live is deciding not to kill yourself.
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In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.
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There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.
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And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness.
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Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.
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Life is a sum of all your choices. So, what are you doing today?
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It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.
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I like people who dream or talk to themselves interminably; I like them, for they are double. They are here and elsewhere.
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