Sisyphus Quotes

18 quotes by 8 authors

The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy. — Albert Camus
The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own… — Albert Camus
In "The Myth of Sisyphus", his most important non-fiction work, Albert Camus suggested that if we believed what most people claim to be the purpose… — Philip French
Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the soiled is made clean, over… — Simone de Beauvoir
The struggle to reach the top is itself enough to fulfill the heart of man. One must believe that Sisyphus is happy. — Albert Camus
Amongst the learned the lawyers claim first place, the most self-satisfied class of people, as they roll their rock of Sisyphus and string together six… — Desiderius Erasmus
If you tell your troubles to God, you put them into the grave; they will never rise again when you have committed them to Him.… — Charles Spurgeon
I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain. One always finds one's burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods… — Albert Camus
Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the soiled is made clean, over… — Simone de Beauvoir
Where would his torture be, indeed, if at every step the hope of succeeding upheld him? — Albert Camus
Just about everything in this world is easier said than done, with the exception of "systematically assisting Sisyphus's stealthy, cyst-susceptible sister," which is easier done… — Daniel Handler
I would join Sisyphus in Hades and gladly push my boulder up the slope if only, each time it rolled back down, I were given… — Tom Stoppard
Thinking is learning all over again how to see, directing one's consciousness, making of every image a privileged place. — Albert Camus
There is no longer a single idea explaining everything, but an infinite number of essences giving a meaning to an infinite number of objects. The… — Albert Camus
What I believe to be true I must therefore preserve. What seems to me so obvious, even against me, I must support. — Albert Camus
It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it. — Aristotle
One must imagine Sisyphus happy. — Albert Camus
For ever, I shall be a stranger to myself. — Albert Camus

Who Wrote These Sisyphus Quotes

8 authors contributed a total of 18 Sisyphus Quotes as follows: