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
greatness trying way
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
time want littles
I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on God.
limits reason absurd
The absurd is lucid reason noting its limits.
life despair habit
...the habit of despair is worse than despair itself.
war stupid long
When a war breaks out, people say: "It's too stupid; it can't last long." But though a war may well be "too stupid," that doesn't prevent its lasting. Stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves.
relationship positive future
Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments, a future - and also because we live as if our only task was precisely to have relationships with other people.
believe men track
Believe me, religions are on the wrong track the moment they moralize and fulminate commandments. God is not needed to create guilt or to punish. Our fellow men suffice, aided by ourselves.
time long take-time
Only it takes time to be happy. A lot of time. Happiness, too, is a long patience.
ends feels
To feel absolutely right is the beginning of the end.
flower creating anxiety
Creating is living doubly. The groping, anxious quest of a Proust, his meticulous collecting of flowers, of wallpapers, and of anxieties, signifies nothing else.
heart imagination trying
I've never really had much of an imagination. But still I would try to picture the exact moment when the beating of my heart would no longer be going on inside my head.
heart passion law
From the moment absurdity is recognized, it becomes a passion, the most harrowing of all. But whether or not one can live with one's passions, whether or not one can accept their law, which is to burn the heart they simultaneously exalt - that is the whole question.
art dark order
In order to be created, a work of art must first make use of the dark forces of the soul
philosophical everyday important
The most important thing you do everyday you live is deciding not to kill yourself.