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
atheism laziness able
Beware of those who say: "I know this too well to be able to express it." For if they cannot do so, this is because they don't know it or because out of laziness they stopped at the outer crust.
light able pleasure
I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up.
able conscious decided
Conscious of not being able to separate myself from my time, I have decided to become part of it.
order able complaining
I longed to be forgotten in order to be able to complain to myself.
lying able speak
Do not be surprised. I do not like writers and I cannot stand their lies. They speak so as not to listen to themselves speak. If they did listen, they would know that they are nothing and then they would no longer be able to speak.
artist able modern
Modern conquerors can kill, but do not seem to be able to create. Artists know how to create but cannot really kill. Murderers are only very exceptionally found among artists.
power answers able
We can't do without dominating others or being served.... The essential thing, in sum, is being able to get angry without the other person being able to answer back.
country justice able
I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.
future historians modern sentence single suffice
I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us. A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers.
french-philosopher great last shall takes wait
I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day.
great judgement last secret shall takes wait
I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last judgement, it takes place every day.
itself mind watches whose
An intellectual is a person whose mind watches itself
becoming either ends heretic oppressor revolution
Every revolution ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic
becoming either ends french-philosopher oppressor
Every revolutionary ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic.