Albert Camus
Albert Camus
Albert Camus; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. His views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. He wrote in his essay The Rebel that his whole life was devoted to opposing the philosophy of nihilism while still delving deeply into individual freedom. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 November 1913
CountryFrance
light mind borders
Absurd- that is the light mind that establishes its own borders.
soul blind murderer
The soul of a murderer is blind
mean men two
Men and women consume one another rapidly in what is called "the act of love," or else settle down to a mild habit of conjugality. We seldom find a mean between these two extremes.
pain real world
There is nothing abstract about pain. It is specific, it is real, and, when it is intense, it is world destroying.
rights duty uncompromising
Only he who is uncompromising as to his rights maintains the sense of duty.
should
but perhaps we should love what we cannot understand
beautiful sunset light
Truth, like light is dazzling. By contrast, untruth is a beautiful sunset that enhances everything.
heaven kind life-is
The slave and those whose present life is miserable and who can find no consolation in the heavens are assured that at least the future belongs to them. The future is the only kind of property that the masters willingly concede to the slaves.
light staring
The great courage is to stare as squarely at the light as at death.
kind slave masters
The future is the only kind of property that the masters willingly concede to the slaves.
mean men events
Death means nothing to men like me. It's the event that proves them right.
knows worth-living
Everybody knows life isn't worth living.
want ifs i-can
I want to know if I can live with what I know, and only than.
principles bigs graciousness
One must place one's principles in big things. For the small, graciousness will suffice.