There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.

The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.

I rebel; therefore I exist.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?

Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.

The absurd hero embraces the contradiction between human reason and the unreasonable world.

There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning.

We must learn to live with the tension of never knowing why we're here, yet continuing to create meaning anyway.

The absurd man says yes and his effort will henceforth be unceasing.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

To create is to live twice.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable.