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
memories regret believe
Believe me there is no such thing as great suffering, great regret, great memory....everything is forgotten, even a great love. That's what's sad about life, and also what's wonderful about it. There is only a way of looking at things, a way that comes to you every once in a while. That's why it's good to have had love in your life after all, to have had an unhappy passion- it gives you an alibi for the vague despairs we all suffer from.
life gratitude real
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
freedom 4th-of-july independence
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.
two years matter
What did it matter if he existed for two or for twenty years? Happiness was the fact that he had existed.
people tears age
I felt as I hadn't felt for ages. I had a foolish desire to burst into tears. for the first time I'd realized how all these people loathed me.
inspiration achievement bondage
An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement.
world detached felt
And never have I felt so deeply at one and the same time so detached from myself and so present in the world.
heart waiting solitude
She was waiting, but she didn't know for what. She was aware only of her solitude, and of the penetrating cold, and of a greater weight in the region of her heart.
happiness
Find your happiness in yourself.
happiness-and-love principles refuse
Those who prefer their principles over their happiness, they refuse to be happy outside the conditions they seem to have attached to their happiness.
life summer recovery
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.
if-there-is-a-god religion living-my-life
I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is.
funny positivity bad-ass
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
understanding experience minimalist
You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.