--- title: "5 Chosen Quotes By Albert Camus" description: "5 Chosen quotes by Albert Camus. Plus more from Albert Camus and more Chosen sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da1/albert-camus-47_chosen_from-paul-to-stalin-the-popes-who-have-c_85965.jpg" --- > [From Paul to Stalin, the popes who have chosen Caesar have prepared the way for Caesars who quickly learn to despise popes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/from-paul-to-stalin-the-popes-who-have-chosen-caesar-have-prepared/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da1/albert-camus-47_chosen_from-paul-to-stalin-the-popes-who-have-c_85965.jpg) > [... there are two types of happiness and I have chosen that of the murderers. For I am happy. There was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/there-are-two-types-of-happiness-and-i-have-chosen-that-of-the/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/albert-camus-47_chosen_there-are-two-types-of-happiness-and-i-h_118125.jpg) > [And often he who has chosen the fate of the artist because he felt himself to be different soon realizes that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/and-often-he-who-has-chosen-the-fate-of-the-artist-because-he-felt/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/albert-camus-47_art_and-often-he-who-has-chosen-the-fate-of_1325724.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) > [...we rarely confide in those who are better than we. Rather, we are more inclined to flee their society. Most often, on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/we-rarely-confide-in-those-who-are-better-than-we-rather-we-are-more/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/albert-camus-47_chosen_we-rarely-confide-in-those-who-are-bette_3017271.jpg) ## Other authors on Chosen ## 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/chosen/albert-camus/#itemlist", "name": "5 Chosen Quotes By Albert Camus", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "From Paul to Stalin, the popes who have chosen Caesar have prepared the way for Caesars who quickly learn to despise popes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Camus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/from-paul-to-stalin-the-popes-who-have-chosen-caesar-have-prepared/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da1/albert-camus-47_chosen_from-paul-to-stalin-the-popes-who-have-c_85965.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da1/albert-camus-47_chosen_from-paul-to-stalin-the-popes-who-have-c_85965.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da1/albert-camus-47_chosen_from-paul-to-stalin-the-popes-who-have-c_85965.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“From Paul to Stalin, the popes who have chosen Caesar have prepared the way for Caesars who quickly learn to…” — Albert Camus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "... there are two types of happiness and I have chosen that of the murderers. 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