Albert Camus Quotes

The liberty to live for self alone becomes in time a weary bondage.

I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.

Whoever regards human beings as a herd and flees them as swiftly as he can will no doubt be overtaken by them and impaled on theirhorns.

I couldn't care less what anybody says about me. I live my life, especially my personal life, strictly for myself... Whatever you do, you're going to be criticized. I feel the one sensible thing you can do is try to live in a way that pleases you.

Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.

I change my mind so much, I'm better going on my own. Shopping is a selfish activity anyway.

In democratic peoples, new families constantly issue from nothing, others constantly fall into it, and all those that stay on change face: the fabric of time is torn at every moment and the trace of generations is effaced. You easily forget those who have preceded you, and you have no idea of those who will follow you. As conditions are equalized, one finds a great number of individuals who … owe nothing to anyone: they expect so to speak nothing to anyone: they are in the habit of always considering themselves in isolation, and they willingly fancy that their whole destiny is in their hands.

Whether I'm at the gas station or I be at the store, I be there by myself. I be regular.

We are such lovers of self-reliance, that we excuse in a man many sins, if he will show us a complete satisfaction in his position, which asks no leave to be, of mine, or any man's good opinion.

To the extent that one is responsible for one's life, one is alone.

I don't give a damn what other people think. It's entirely their own business. I'm not writing for other people.

I do all this alone, everything I achieve, I achieve alone, because it's my head I'm locked into, and I share this space with nobody but myself.

To me, authority is something that a freer spirit, a more independent mind, and a person who can handle the world, doesn't need guidance from.

We must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering.

The first rule of survival is: Make your own rules. The hell anyone thinks about the way you're acting; listen only to yourself.

Freedom is the slogan of the strong, who feel self confident, self sufficient to do it alone.

The man who lives by himself and for himself is likely to be corrupted by the company he keeps.

Freedom and independence form my character.

I don't want to have to start being unselfish again. The great thing about being on your own is you do what you damned well like.

To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.

I'm used to living alone, and I like it that way. You become so selfish living alone...I'd make a terrible husband anyway.

Born alone, die alone, no crew to keep my crown or throne

I have a cartoon where the guy is pretty much, he's a regular-sized guy, but he's the size of the island. He's saying no man is an island, but I come pretty damn close.