Check out my best 5 Albert Camus quotations picked from various sources.
Albert Camus, the existentialist writer is known for the concept of the Absurd and the notion of Revolt.
Among all his writings, Camus’s fame comes largely from the three novels published during his lifetime, which include, “The Stranger“, “The Plague” and “The Fall”. And together with his two major philosophical essays, “The Myth of Sisyphus” and “The Rebel’.
In 1975, this French philosopher, author, and journalist won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Best 5 Albert Camus Quotations Linked To Authentic Sources
Here are the best 5 Albert Camus quotations:
“I continue to believe that this world has no ultimate meaning. But I know that something in it has meaning and that is man, because he is the only creature to insist on having one.” – Albert Camus
“Je continue à croire que ce monde n’a pas de sens supérieur. Mais je sais que quelque chose en lui a du sens et c’est l’homme, parce qu’il est le seul être à exiger d’en avoir.” (French)
“Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.” – Albert Camus
“Les hommes doivent vivre et créer. Vivre jusqu’aux larmes.” (French)
“You know, a man always judges himself by the balance he can strike between the needs of his body and the demands of his mind.” – Albert Camus
“Un homme se juge toujours à l’équilibre qu’il sait apporter entre les besoins de son corps et exigences de son esprit.” (French)
“People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.” – Albert Camus
“Les gens se dépêchent alors de juger pour ne pas l’être eux-mêmes.” (French)
“Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.” – Albert Camus
“Vérité, comme la lumière; aveugle. Le mensonge, au contraire, est un beau crépuscule qui améliore chaque objet.” (French)
*Check out no freedom for man Albert Camus wrote in one of his Notebooks.