--- title: "4 Irrational Quotes By Albert Camus" description: "4 Irrational quotes by Albert Camus. Plus more from Albert Camus and more Irrational sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/albert-camus-47_character_if-man-is-reduced-to-being-nothing-but-a_306792.jpg" --- > [If man is reduced to being nothing but a character in history, he has no other choice but to subside into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/if-man-is-reduced-to-being-nothing-but-a-character-in-history-he-has/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/albert-camus-47_character_if-man-is-reduced-to-being-nothing-but-a_306792.jpg) > [“The irrational, the human nostalgia, and the absurd that is born of their encounter - these are the three characters in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-irrational-the-human-nostalgia-and-the-absurd-that-is-born-of/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/albert-camus-47_absurd_the-irrational-the-human-nostalgia-and-t_494688.jpg) > [Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/man-stands-face-to-face-with-the-irrational-he-feels-within-him-his/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49c/albert-camus-47_absurd_man-stands-face-to-face-with-the-irratio_849790.jpg) > [I said that the world is absurd, but I was too hasty. This world in itself is not reasonable, that is all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-said-that-the-world-is-absurd-but-i-was-too-hasty-this-world-in/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/albert-camus-47_absurd_i-said-that-the-world-is-absurd-but-i-wa_1786169.jpg) ## Other authors on Irrational - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/ayn-rand/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-erich-fromm-33632.jpg) Erich Fromm 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/erich-fromm/) - [Aristotle 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/aristotle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-ellis-10499.jpg) Albert Ellis 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/albert-ellis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dan-ariely-26126.jpg) Dan Ariely 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/dan-ariely/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karl-popper-55250.jpg) Karl Popper 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/karl-popper/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-hitchens-23938.jpg) Christopher Hitchens 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/christopher-hitchens/) ## 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/irrational/albert-camus/#itemlist", "name": "4 Irrational Quotes By Albert Camus", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If man is reduced to being nothing but a character in history, he has no other choice but to subside into the sound and fury of acompletely irrational history or to endow history with the form of human reason.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Camus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/if-man-is-reduced-to-being-nothing-but-a-character-in-history-he-has/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/albert-camus-47_character_if-man-is-reduced-to-being-nothing-but-a_306792.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/albert-camus-47_character_if-man-is-reduced-to-being-nothing-but-a_306792.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/albert-camus-47_character_if-man-is-reduced-to-being-nothing-but-a_306792.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If man is reduced to being nothing but a character in history, he has no other choice but to subside into…” — Albert Camus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The irrational, the human nostalgia, and the absurd that is born of their encounter - these are the three characters in the drama that must necessarily end with all the logic of which an existence is capable”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Camus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-irrational-the-human-nostalgia-and-the-absurd-that-is-born-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/albert-camus-47_absurd_the-irrational-the-human-nostalgia-and-t_494688.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/albert-camus-47_absurd_the-irrational-the-human-nostalgia-and-t_494688.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/albert-camus-47_absurd_the-irrational-the-human-nostalgia-and-t_494688.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The irrational, the human nostalgia, and the absurd that is born of their encounter - these are the three…” — Albert Camus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Man stands face to face with the irrational. 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