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
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.
love life valentines-day
I know of only one duty, and that is to love.
wisdom peace jobs
It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.
thinking should-have years
But it's not easy. I've been thinking it over for years. While we loved each other we didn't need words to make ourselves understood. But people don't love forever. A time came when I should have found the words to keep her with me, only I couldn't.
suicide coffee optimistic
Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?
order dying killing
Instead of killing and dying in order to produce the being that we are not, we have to live and let live in order to create what we are.