Albert Camus Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Albert Camus quotes, Albert Camus sayings, and Albert Camus proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Life is the sum of all your choices. Albert Camus
I was born poor and without religion, under a happy sky, feeling harmony, not hostility, in nature. I began not by feeling torn, but in plenitude. Albert Camus
No matter what cause one defends, it will suffer permanent disgrace if one resorts to blind attacks on crowds of innocent people. Albert Camus
You always get exaggerated notions about things you don't know anything about. Albert Camus
When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune. Albert Camus
But practically I know men and recognize them by their behavior, by the totality of their deeds, by the consequences caused in life by their presence. Albert Camus
The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody. Albert Camus
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there lay within me an invincible summer. Albert 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 Camus
There is scarcely any passion without struggle. Albert Camus
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. Albert Camus
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. Albert Camus
I used to advertise my loyalty and I don’t believe there is a single person I loved that I didn’t eventually betray. Albert Camus
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. Albert Camus
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. Albert Camus
Life is the sum of all your choices. Albert Camus
Great ideas come into the world as gently as doves. Albert Camus
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. Albert Camus
Artistic creation is a demand for unity and a rejection of the world. Albert Camus
In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. Albert Camus
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. Albert Camus
I'll tell you a big secret, mon cher. Don't wait for the last judgement. It takes place everyday. Albert Camus
Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object. Albert Camus
To correct a natural indifference I was placed halfway between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything. Albert Camus
All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door. Albert Camus
Myths are made for the imagination to breathe life into them. Albert Camus
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn. Albert Camus
The way to be happy is to make others so. Albert Camus
Sometimes, from beyond the skyscrapers, the cry of a tugboat finds you in your insomnia, and you remember that this desert of iron and cement is an island. Albert Camus
Life is a sum of all of your choices. Albert Camus