Albert Camus

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."

"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."

"The absurd is the essential concept and the only truth."

"I rebel; therefore, I exist."

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."

"The only real progress lies in learning to play the game of life as well as possible."

"There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide."

"To live without appeal is to live in the absurd."

"The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart."

"We must imagine Sisyphus happy."

"Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question."

"Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present."

"A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world."

"The only really important thing is not to lose one's sense of humor."

"You cannot create experience. You must undergo it."

"Plague brings death and suffering to everyone; perhaps that is its blessing."

"Men commit evil deeds not because they are evil, but because they do not understand."

"For the absurd to be understood, we must imagine Sisyphus smiling."

"An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself."

"To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others."

"There is but one law and that is the law of life itself."

"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all still I still love life."

"The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder."

"Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better."

"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."

"The only way to cope with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that one's very existence is an act of rebellion."

"An absurd reasoning is reasoning which presents the absurd."

"Love is in the air? No, love is in the heart."

"Suicide is the one really serious philosophical problem."