--- title: "14 Dying Quotes By Albert Camus" description: "14 Dying quotes by Albert Camus. Plus more from Albert Camus and more Dying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/albert-camus-47_causes_there-are-causes-worth-dying-for-but-non_1956113.jpg" --- > [There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/there-are-causes-worth-dying-for-but-none-worth-killing-for/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/albert-camus-47_causes_there-are-causes-worth-dying-for-but-non_1956113.jpg) > [What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/what-is-called-a-reason-for-living-is-also-an-excellent-reason-for/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/albert-camus-47_death_what-is-called-a-reason-for-living-is-al_1564107.jpg) > [I know simply that the sky will last longer than I.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-know-simply-that-the-sky-will-last-longer-than-i/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/albert-camus-47_lasts_i-know-simply-that-the-sky-will-last-lon_989783.jpg) > [No, Father, I've a very different idea of love. And until my dying day I shall refuse to love a scheme of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/no-father-i-ve-a-very-different-idea-of-love-and-until-my-dying-day-i/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbf/albert-camus-47_children_no-father-i-ve-a-very-different-idea-of_1150350.jpg) > [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…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b15/albert-camus-47_believe_i-ve-seen-of-enough-of-people-who-die-fo_11106.jpg) > [Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/men-are-never-really-willing-to-die-except-for-the-sake-of-freedom/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/albert-camus-47_believe_men-are-never-really-willing-to-die-exce_582617.jpg) > [Instead of killing and dying in order to produce the being that we are not, we have to live and let live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/instead-of-killing-and-dying-in-order-to-produce-the-being-that-we/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/albert-camus-47_dying_instead-of-killing-and-dying-in-order-to_179097.jpg) > [“Well, personally, I've seen enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/well-personally-i-ve-seen-enough-of-people-who-die-for-an-idea-i-don/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4d/albert-camus-47_dying_well-personally-i-ve-seen-enough-of-peop_692094.jpg) > [I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-see-many-people-die-because-they-judge-that-life-is-not-worth/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/albert-camus-47_death_i-see-many-people-die-because-they-judge_2692322.jpg) > [There is merely bad luck in not being loved; there is misfortune in not loving. All of us, today, are dying of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/there-is-merely-bad-luck-in-not-being-loved-there-is-misfortune-in/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82e/albert-camus-47_bad-luck_there-is-merely-bad-luck-in-not-being-lo_734896.jpg) > [Thus, I always began by assuming the worst; my appeal was dismissed. That meant, of course, I was to die. Sooner than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/thus-i-always-began-by-assuming-the-worst-my-appeal-was-dismissed/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/albert-camus-47_age_thus-i-always-began-by-assuming-the-wors_2449029.jpg) > [Ah cher ami, how poor in invention men are! They are They always think one commits suicide for a reason. But it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/ah-cher-ami-how-poor-in-invention-men-are-they-are-they-always-think/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4eb/albert-camus-47_action_ah-cher-ami-how-poor-in-invention-men-ar_1255199.jpg) > [Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated can be compared. For there to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/capital-punishment-is-the-most-premeditated-of-murders-to-which-no/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1b/albert-camus-47_capital-punishment_capital-punishment-is-the-most-premedita_1065493.jpg) > [“Well, so I'm going to die.' Sooner than other people will, obviously. But everybody knows life isn't worth living. Deep down I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/well-so-i-m-going-to-die-sooner-than-other-people-will-obviously-but/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/albert-camus-47_life_well-so-i-m-going-to-die-sooner-than-oth_1512610.jpg) ## Other authors on Dying ## 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/dying/albert-camus/#itemlist", "name": "14 Dying Quotes By Albert Camus", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Camus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/there-are-causes-worth-dying-for-but-none-worth-killing-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/albert-camus-47_causes_there-are-causes-worth-dying-for-but-non_1956113.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/albert-camus-47_causes_there-are-causes-worth-dying-for-but-non_1956113.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/albert-camus-47_causes_there-are-causes-worth-dying-for-but-non_1956113.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.” — Albert Camus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Camus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/what-is-called-a-reason-for-living-is-also-an-excellent-reason-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/albert-camus-47_death_what-is-called-a-reason-for-living-is-al_1564107.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/albert-camus-47_death_what-is-called-a-reason-for-living-is-al_1564107.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/albert-camus-47_death_what-is-called-a-reason-for-living-is-al_1564107.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.” — Albert Camus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know simply that the sky will last longer than I.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Camus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-know-simply-that-the-sky-will-last-longer-than-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/albert-camus-47_lasts_i-know-simply-that-the-sky-will-last-lon_989783.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/albert-camus-47_lasts_i-know-simply-that-the-sky-will-last-lon_989783.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/albert-camus-47_lasts_i-know-simply-that-the-sky-will-last-lon_989783.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I know simply that the sky will last longer than I.” — Albert Camus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No, Father, I've a very different idea of love. 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I see others paradoxically getting…” — Albert Camus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is merely bad luck in not being loved; there is misfortune in not loving. All of us, today, are dying of this misfortune. 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