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Albert Camus quotes

French Philosopher, Writer November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960

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I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again. For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate. Albert Camus
Albert Camus quote: "It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they..."
It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money. Albert Camus
Happiness implied a choice, and within that choice a concerted will, a lucid desire. Only it takes time to be happy. A lot of time. Happiness, too, is a long patience Albert Camus
Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world. Albert Camus
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back. Albert Camus
Not that one must be ananimal, but I find no meaning in the happiness of angels. I knowsimply that this sky will last longer than I. And what shall I calleternity except what will continue after my death? Albert Camus
Albert Camus quote: "For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can..."
For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment's human suffering Albert Camus
Albert Camus quote: "We don't have the time to completely be ourselves. We only..."
We don't have the time to completely be ourselves. We only have the room to be happy. Albert Camus
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. Albert Camus
Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery. Albert Camus
Maman used to say that you can always find something to be happy about. In my prison, when the sky turned red and a new day slipped into my cell, I found out that she was right. Albert Camus
Albert Camus quote: "I have always felt I lived on the high seas, threatened, at..."
I have always felt I lived on the high seas, threatened, at the heart of a royal happiness. Albert Camus
Albert Camus quote: "The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a..."
The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy. Albert Camus
An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. "Can they be brought together?" This is a practical question. We must get down to it. "I despise intelligence" really means: "I cannot bear my doubts. Albert Camus
Albert Camus quote: "Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They..."
Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable. Albert Camus

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