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
believe importance ifs
If we believe in nothing, if nothing has any meaning and if we can affirm no values whatsoever, then everything is possible and nothing has any importance.
good-day answers ifs
On good days, if you trust life, life has to answer you.
want ifs i-can
I want to know if I can live with what I know, and only than.
god should-have ifs
If God did not exist, we should have to invent him. If God did exist, we should have to abolish Him.
turning-your-back life-is ifs
Nothing in life is worth, turning your back on, if you love it.
life want ifs
If something is going to happen to me, I want to be there.
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.
hang judgment-and-judges last takes waiting
There's no need to hang about waiting for the last judgment. It takes place every day.
consent forgiven french-philosopher happiness share successes
You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.