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
new-beginnings bad-ass greatness
All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.
compassion ideas sick
I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.
life truth atheism
Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.
fighting thinking mad
We are not so mad as to think that we shall create a world in which murder will not occur. We are fighting for a world in which murder will no longer be legal.
struggle imagine flakes
One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
solitude religion weight
Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.
motivational change men
Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.
heart faces wonder
Always there comes an hour when one is weary of one's work and devotion to duty, and all one craves for is a loved face, the warmth and wonder of a loving heart.
inspirational life motivational
In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.
men
A man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says.
art men lasts
Art and revolt will die only with the last man.
memories roots shadow
Thus, in a middle course between these heights and depths, they drifted through life rather than lived, the prey of aimless days and sterile memories, like wandering shadows that could have acquired substance only by consenting to root themselves in the solid earth of their distress.
desire way facts
...he was conscious of the disastrous fact that love and desire must be expressed in the same way...
waiting lasts judgment
N'attendez pas le jugement dernier. Il a lieu tous les jours. Do not wait for the last judgment. It happens every day.