Albert Camus
France
7 Nov 1913 // 4 Jan 1960
Writer / Journalist / Philosopher
7 Nov 1913 // 4 Jan 1960
Writer / Journalist / Philosopher
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Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal
Nature is a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible but everything is given
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is
Life is absurd
Life is a sum of all your choices
In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion
He who despairs over an event is a coward, but he who holds hopes for the human condition is a fool
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better
Every revolution ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays