--- title: "20 Certain Quotes By Albert Camus" description: "20 Certain quotes by Albert Camus. Plus more from Albert Camus and more Certain sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/albert-camus-47_certain_we-are-not-certain-we-are-never-certain_1029158.jpg" --- > [“We are not certain, we are never certain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/we-are-not-certain-we-are-never-certain/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/albert-camus-47_certain_we-are-not-certain-we-are-never-certain_1029158.jpg) > [The look of success, when it is worn a certain way, would infuriate a jackass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-look-of-success-when-it-is-worn-a-certain-way-would-infuriate-a/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/albert-camus-47_certain_the-look-of-success-when-it-is-worn-a-ce_2995331.jpg) > [Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/believe-me-for-certain-men-at-least-not-taking-what-one-doesn-t/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ed/albert-camus-47_believe_believe-me-for-certain-men-at-least-not_391517.jpg) > [Some cry: 'Love me!!' Others: 'Don't love me!!' But a certain genus, the worst and most unhappy, cries: 'Don't love me and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/some-cry-love-me-others-don-t-love-me-but-a-certain-genus-the-worst/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fa/albert-camus-47_being-faithful_some-cry-love-me-others-don-t-love-me-bu_2459917.jpg) > [We are not certain, we are never certain. If we were we could reach some conclusions, and we could, at last, make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/we-are-not-certain-we-are-never-certain-if-we-were-we-could-reach/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e2/albert-camus-47_certain_we-are-not-certain-we-are-never-certain_269499.jpg) > [The more I produce, the less I am certain. On the road along which the artist walks, night falls ever more densely.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-more-i-produce-the-less-i-am-certain-on-the-road-along-which-the/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/albert-camus-47_aging_the-more-i-produce-the-less-i-am-certain_5349.jpg) > [Between history and the eternal I have chosen history because I like certainties. Of it, at least, I am certain, and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/between-history-and-the-eternal-i-have-chosen-history-because-i-like-2/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/albert-camus-47_certain_between-history-and-the-eternal-i-have-c_2323522.jpg) > [There is always a certain hour of the day and of the night when a man’s courage is at its lowest ebb,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/there-is-always-a-certain-hour-of-the-day-and-of-the-night-when-a-man/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/973/albert-camus-47_certain_there-is-always-a-certain-hour-of-the-da_113920.jpg) > [The laws of nature may be operative up to a certain limit, beyond which they turn against themselves to give birth to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-laws-of-nature-may-be-operative-up-to-a-certain-limit-beyond/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/albert-camus-47_absurd_the-laws-of-nature-may-be-operative-up-t_3178851.jpg) > [At a certain level of suffering or injustice no one can do anything for anyone. Pain is solitary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/at-a-certain-level-of-suffering-or-injustice-no-one-can-do-anything/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53e/albert-camus-47_certain_at-a-certain-level-of-suffering-or-injus_2047388.jpg) > [What gives value to travel is fear. It is a fact that, at a certain moment, when we are so far from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/what-gives-value-to-travel-is-fear-it-is-a-fact-that-at-a-certain/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a16/albert-camus-47_adventure-and-travel_what-gives-value-to-travel-is-fear-it-is_3012215.jpg) > [The first choice an artist makes is precisely to be an artist, and if he chooses to be an artist it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-first-choice-an-artist-makes-is-precisely-to-be-an-artist-and-if/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/574/albert-camus-47_art_the-first-choice-an-artist-makes-is-prec_3129756.jpg) > [He seemed so certain about everything, didn't he? And yet none of his certainties was worth one hair of a woman's head.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/he-seemed-so-certain-about-everything-didn-t-he-and-yet-none-of-his/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/albert-camus-47_alive_he-seemed-so-certain-about-everything-di_764459.jpg) > [There was a time when I didn’t at any minute have the slightest idea how I could reach the next one. Yes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/there-was-a-time-when-i-didn-t-at-any-minute-have-the-slightest-idea/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63f/albert-camus-47_apes_there-was-a-time-when-i-didn-t-at-any-mi_371757.jpg) > [On certain mornings, as we turn a corner, an exquisite dew falls on our heart and then vanishes. But the freshness lingers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/on-certain-mornings-as-we-turn-a-corner-an-exquisite-dew-falls-on-our/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/albert-camus-47_born_on-certain-mornings-as-we-turn-a-corner_1134888.jpg) > [Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/truth-is-mysterious-elusive-always-to-be-conquered-liberty-is/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9f/albert-camus-47_certain_truth-is-mysterious-elusive-always-to-be_2941175.jpg) > [It is terrifying to see how easily, in certain people, all dignity collapses. Yet when you think about it, this is quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/it-is-terrifying-to-see-how-easily-in-certain-people-all-dignity/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ee/albert-camus-47_certain_it-is-terrifying-to-see-how-easily-in-ce_344615.jpg) > [We know the surrealist solution: concrete irrationality, objective risk. Poetry is the conquest, the only possible conquest, of the 'supreme position', 'a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/we-know-the-surrealist-solution-concrete-irrationality-objective-risk/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a66/albert-camus-47_cease_we-know-the-surrealist-solution-concrete_2725380.jpg) > [The society of merchants can be defined as a society in which things disappear in favor of signs. When a ruling class…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-society-of-merchants-can-be-defined-as-a-society-in-which-things/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/albert-camus-47_acres_the-society-of-merchants-can-be-defined_2773417.jpg) > [In the past, the poverty they shared had a certain sweetness about it. When the end of the day came and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/in-the-past-the-poverty-they-shared-had-a-certain-sweetness-about-it/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/albert-camus-47_certain_in-the-past-the-poverty-they-shared-had_1778546.jpg) ## Other authors on Certain ## More by Albert Camus > [“The whole town rushed outside to celebrate this crowded minute when the time of suffering had ended and the time of forgetting had not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-whole-town-rushed-outside-to-celebrate-this-crowded-minute-when/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Generally, I like all islands. There, it is easier to rule.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/generally-i-like-all-islands-there-it-is-easier-to-rule/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Being is good, but getting rich is better… If the gods had only the riches of men's adoration, they would be as poor as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/being-is-good-but-getting-rich-is-better-if-the-gods-had-only-the/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The more I produce, the less I am certain. On the road along which the artist walks, night falls ever more densely. Finally, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-more-i-produce-the-less-i-am-certain-on-the-road-along-which-the/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [“Having been, not only mutilated in our country, wounded in our very flesh, but also divested of our most beautiful images, for you gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/having-been-not-only-mutilated-in-our-country-wounded-in-our-very/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [I've seen of enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and I've learned it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-ve-seen-of-enough-of-people-who-die-for-an-idea-i-don-t-believe-in/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The best are led to make greater demands upon themselves. As for those who succumb, they did not deserve to survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-best-are-led-to-make-greater-demands-upon-themselves-as-for-those/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [“Then he asked me if I wasn’t interested in a change of life. I said that people never change their lives, that in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/then-he-asked-me-if-i-wasn-t-interested-in-a-change-of-life-i-said/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/life-is-meaningless-but-worth-living-provided-you-recognize-it-s/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Thinking of the future, establishing aims for oneself, having preferences-all this presupposes a belief in freedom, even if one occasionally ascertains that one doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/thinking-of-the-future-establishing-aims-for-oneself-having/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-explained-to-him-however-that-my-nature-was-such-that-my-physical/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-only-way-to-deal-with-an-unfree-world-is-to-become-so-absolutely/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [“We love people not because for good they did for us, but for good we did for them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/we-love-people-not-because-for-good-they-did-for-us-but-for-good-we/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [You have so much inside you, and the noblest happiness of all. Don’t just wait for a man to come along. That’s the mistake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/you-have-so-much-inside-you-and-the-noblest-happiness-of-all-don-t/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-desire-for-possession-is-insatiable-to-such-a-point-that-it-can/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/certain/albert-camus/#itemlist", "name": "20 Certain Quotes By Albert Camus", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We are not certain, we are never certain.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Camus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/we-are-not-certain-we-are-never-certain/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/albert-camus-47_certain_we-are-not-certain-we-are-never-certain_1029158.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/albert-camus-47_certain_we-are-not-certain-we-are-never-certain_1029158.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/albert-camus-47_certain_we-are-not-certain-we-are-never-certain_1029158.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We are not certain, we are never certain.” — Albert Camus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The look of success, when it is worn a certain way, would infuriate a jackass.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Camus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-look-of-success-when-it-is-worn-a-certain-way-would-infuriate-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/albert-camus-47_certain_the-look-of-success-when-it-is-worn-a-ce_2995331.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/albert-camus-47_certain_the-look-of-success-when-it-is-worn-a-ce_2995331.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/albert-camus-47_certain_the-look-of-success-when-it-is-worn-a-ce_2995331.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The look of success, when it is worn a certain way, would infuriate a jackass.” — Albert Camus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Camus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/believe-me-for-certain-men-at-least-not-taking-what-one-doesn-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ed/albert-camus-47_believe_believe-me-for-certain-men-at-least-not_391517.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ed/albert-camus-47_believe_believe-me-for-certain-men-at-least-not_391517.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ed/albert-camus-47_believe_believe-me-for-certain-men-at-least-not_391517.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world.” — Albert Camus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some cry: 'Love me!!' 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