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Albert Camus on Fate

1913–1960 France

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And then there are people who prefer to look their fate in the eye.

Revolt is the certainty of a crushing fate, without the resignation that ought to accompany it.

Albert Camus: From the Absurd to Revolt (2014)

The ancients, even though they believed in destiny, believed primarily in nature, in which they participated wholeheartedly. To rebel against nature amounted to rebelling against oneself. It was butting one's head against a wall.

The Rebel (1951)

His fate belongs to him. His rock is his thing.

The Myth of Sisyphus (1942)

Fate is not in man but around him.

A Happy Death (written 1936-38 (1971)

Don't let them tell us stories. Don't let them say of the man sentenced to death "He is going to pay his debt to society," but: "They are going to cut off his head." It looks like nothing. But it does make a little difference. And then there are people who prefer to look their fate in the eye.

A fate is not a punishment.

The Myth of Sisyphus (1942)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Albert Camus (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.