"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 "Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is." — Albert Camus "You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question." — Albert Camus "There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for." — Albert Camus "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." — Albert Camus "To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others." — Albert Camus "Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." — Albert Camus "Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth." — Albert Camus "I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world." — Albert Camus | "In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." — Albert Camus "Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?" — Albert Camus "Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present." — Albert Camus "Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken." — Albert Camus "The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself." — Albert Camus "Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day." — 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." — Albert Camus "Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." — Albert Camus "Live to the point of tears." — Albert Camus "But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself." — 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 "At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman." — Albert Camus "I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't." — Albert Camus |