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
suffering eternal-happiness moments
For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment's human suffering
writing suffering today
A writer cannot put himself today in service of those who make history; he is at the service of those who suffer it.
doctors suffering taught
Who taught you all this, doctor?" The reply came promptly: "Suffering.
men suffering world
The world I live in is loathsome to me, but I feel one with the men who suffer in it
pain choices suffering
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.
pain suffering levels
At a certain level of suffering or injustice no one can do anything for anyone. Pain is solitary.
hero suffering alive
The Byronic hero, incapable of love, or capable only of an impossible love, suffers endlessly. He is solitary, languid, his condition exhausts him. If he wants to feel alive, it must be in the terrible exaltation of a brief and destructive action.
mean long suffering
he's incapable of suffering for a long time, or being happy for a long time. Which means that he's incapable of anything really worth while.
men suffering cry
Men cry because things are not what they ought to be.
happiness two suffering
... there are two types of happiness and I have chosen that of the murderers. For I am happy. There was a time when I thought I had reached the limit of distress. Beyond that limit, there is a sterile and magnificent happiness.
rights giving suffering
Suffering gives us no special rights.
people suffering crowds
No matter what cause one defends, it will suffer permanent disgrace if one resorts to blind attacks on crowds of innocent people.
soul suffering taste
When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune.
suffering unhappy happiness-and-love
It is not humiliating to be unhappy. Physical suffering is sometimes humiliating, but the suffering of being cannot be, it is life.