Notebooks, 1942-1951 Quotes

“It would be the most peaceful to love in silence, but there are consciousness and personality, so we have to speak. And then love becomes hell.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“No one realises that some individuals consume herculesque forces only to be normal.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“My life was lucky so that I met, I loved (and disappointed) only outstanding people.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“Why I'm an artist, not a philosopher? Because I think in words rather than ideas.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“You will always win if you make an effort, no matter how much. However, if you failed it means you were too lazy.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“I kept myself aloof from the world not because I had enemies, but because I had friends there. Not because they damaged me, as this happens usually, but because they thought I'm better than I really am. It was a lie that I could not stand.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“Maybe Christ died for somebody but not for me.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“A life, whose purpose is money, is death.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“Solitude must be accepted with all its difficulties.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“People always think that a suicide is commited for one reason. But it is perfectly possible to commit a suicide for two reasons.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“We live in a world where one needs to choose - to be the victim or the executioner, and nothing else.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“Doubts are the innermost corner of our souls. One must not talk about his doubts, whatever they may be.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“We are created to live side by side. However, we only die for ourselves.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“We love people not because for good they did for us, but for good we did for them.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“There are accidents that last the whole life.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“There are more things in people that are rather worth of admiration than contempt.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“People, who suffer from sadness and suddenly become happy, betray themselves: they stick to happiness, as if to hug, and strangle it out of jealousy.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“For people like me, the face just says that we die alone.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“Life is crammed with events that encourage us to want to get old.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“Deepest thoughts and major works eventually become insignificant.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“You help far more when you depict a person favorably than instruct its weaknesses.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“When you have an elevated spirit and a miserable heart, you write great things and do the poor.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“Person describes himself throughout life. To know oneself perfectly means to die.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“Any fulfillment is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher fulfillment.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“Poverty is a state whose feature is generosity.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“Η ομορφία που μας βοηθάει να ζούμε , μας βοηθάει και να πεθαίνουμε”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“Il n'y a qu'une seule liberté, se mettre en règle avec la mort. Après quoi, tout est possible. Je ne puis te forcer à croire en Dieu. Croire en Dieu, c'est accepter la mort. Quand tu auras accepté la mort, le problème de Dieu sera résolu - et non pas l'inverse”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“Visages graves et souriants de jeunes femmes. Sourires, plaisanteries et projets. On rentre dans le jeu. Et, sans y croire, tout le monde sourit aux apparences et feint de s'y soumettre.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

“Kaip čia yra,kad jos veidas,susijęs su šitiek kančių,vis dėlto tebėra man laimės veidu?”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951