"I know simply that the sky will..." - Quote by Albert Camus

“The struggle to reach the top is itself enough to fulfill the heart of man. One must believe that Sisyphus is happy.”

“Europe has lived on its contradictions, flourished on its differences, and, constantly transcending itself thereby, has created a civilization on which the whole world depends even when rejecting it. This is why I do not believe in a Europe unified under the weight of an ideology or of a technocracy that overlooked these differences.”

“For instance, I never complained that my birthday was overlooked; people were even surprised, with a touch of admiration, by my discretion on this subject. But the reason for my disinterestedness was even more discreet: I longed to be forgotten in order to be able to complain to myself... Once my solitude was thoroughly proved, I could surrender to the charms of a virile self-pity.”

“Fame itself is but an epitaph; as late, as false, as true.”

“In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.”

“Were you to live three thousand years, or even thirty thousand, remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment; and furthermore, that he can have no other life except the one he loses.”

“It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal of preparation. Ask any successful person how they came to this point in their lives, and they will have a story to tell.”

“I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.”

“Our life is not so much threatened as our perception. Ghostlike we glide through nature, and should not know our place again.”