Albert Camus Quotes
French philosopher and novelist, author of The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus. Camus wrote about the absurd, rebellion and the stubborn joy of living anyway. Below are 16 of the most loved Albert Camus quotes, chosen from across their works and letters. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
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.
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
To understand a man, one must know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.
Nobody realises that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Life is the sum of all your choices.
A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.
Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
Charity is a kind of love, a love that has learned patience.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.