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
men heaven doe
What more ghastly image can be called up than that of a man betrayed by his body who, simply because he did not die in time, lives out the comedy while awaiting the end, face to face with that God he does not adore, serving him as he served life, kneeling before a void and arms outstretched toward a heaven without eloquence that he knows to be also without depth?
men saint fellowship
But, you know, I feel more fellowship with the defeated than with saints. Heroism and sanctity don't really appeal to me, I imagine. What interests me is being a man.
doe masterpiece
A true masterpiece does not tell everything.
forgiveness ideas forgiving
My great idea is that we must forgive the Pope. First of all, he needs it more than anyone else. Besides, it is the only way of placing oneself above him.
distance order cities
In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion; in order to serve others better, one has to hold them at a distance for a time. But where can one find the solitude necessary to vigor, the deep breath in which the mind collects itself and courage gauges its strength? There remain big cities.
life men opposites
The opposite of an idealist is too often a man without love.
order atheism world
In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.
life hope coward
He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
history want encounters
Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.
war clouds storm
The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm.
men bitterness bitter
How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!
love life occupation
My chief occupation, despite appearances, has always been love.
unjust never-change lows
There is the good and the bad, the great and the low, the just and the unjust. I swear to you that all that will never change.
knowledge creativity ideas
The society based on production is only productive, not creative.