Albert Camus

“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 born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.”

“The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.”

“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.”

“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.”

“There is no love of life without despair of life.”

“The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.”

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”

“Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.”

“Live to the point of tears.”

“Always go too far, because that's where you'll find the truth.”

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.”

“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”

“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide.”

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

“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”

“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”

“What is a rebel? A man who says no.”

“I know of only one duty, and that is to love.”

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