Albert Camus Quotes

Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.

One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it.

Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order.

No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.

Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.

I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain.

I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am aware that life was never perfect, never absolute. This bestows contentment, even a fearlessness.

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.

Life has always treated me well. I therefore won't mind leaving it behind.

I do not fear death, as I cherish life too much.

The ideal is to live forever, right? Or to live right now and just be grateful that I feel good. I'm definitely grateful for every second that I'm alive. At this point in my life, I definitely take time out throughout the day to just stop and be like, "Everything is cool." It's as good as it's gonna be, because it only gets worse.

If there's another world, he lives in bliss; if there is none, he made the best of this.

The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.

I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.

Don't fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that will be granted to you.

I get it now; I didn't get it then. That life is about losing and about doing it as gracefully as possible... and enjoying everything in between.

The chances of each of us coming into existence are infinitesimally small, and even though we shall all die some day, we should count ourselves fantastically lucky to get our decades in the sun.

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.

I start thinking about life after death. I've got to quit thinking about it because it's very deep. Very deep. Sometimes you start thinking about it, and you don't feel like you want to be alive, so I don't like to get all quiet.

I embrace old age. Look, I'm never going to dunk on LeBron James, and I've learned to accept that. I got a pretty good life, and I'm very fortunate, and I have my blessings.

I'm thankful to be breathing, on this side of the grass. Whatever comes, comes.

It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.

I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that.

Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.