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
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Life is a sum of all your choices.
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The first choice an artist makes is precisely to be an artist, and if he chooses to be an artist it is in consideration of what he is himself and because of a certain idea he has of art
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But - I cannot make a choice. I have my own sorrow, but I suffer with him, too; I share his pain. I understand all - that is my trouble.
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Life is the result of all your choices.
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Happiness implied a choice, and within that choice a concerted will, a lucid desire.
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The certainty of a God giving meaning to life far surpasses in attractiveness the ability to behave badly with impunity. The choice would not be hard to make. But there is no choice and that is where the bitterness comes in. The absurd does not liberate; it binds.
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Life is the sum of your choices.
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Life is a sum of all your choices". So, what are you doing today?
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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.
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I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day.
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I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last judgement, it takes place every day.
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An intellectual is a person whose mind watches itself
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Every revolution ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic
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Every revolutionary ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic.