Albert Camus Suicide Quotations

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

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

Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.

For the existentials, negation is their God. To be precise, that god is maintained only through the negation of human reason. But, like suicides, gods change with men.

Ah cher ami, how poor in invention men are! They are They always think one commits suicide for a reason. But it's quite possible to commit suicide for two reasons. No, that never occurs to them. So what's the good of dying intentionally, of sacrificing yourself to the idea you want people to have of you? Once you are dead, they will take advantage of it to attribute idiotic or vulgar motives to your action. Martyrs, cher ami, must choose between being forgotten, mocked, or made use of. As for being understood--never!

But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest — whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories — comes afterwards. These are games; one must first answer.

Thoughts of suicide have got me through many a bad night.

I feel like getting married, or committing suicide, or subscribing to L'Illustration. Something desperate, you know.

Thus I draw from the absurd three consequences, which are my revolt, my freedom, and my passion. By the mere activity of consciousness I transform into a rule of life what was an invitation to death—and I refuse suicide.