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
love men precious-stones
Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.
football morality obligation
All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.
impossible turns
We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.
practice order generosity
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.
wind police revolution
Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly.
secret faces great-work
Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret.
heroism difficult
Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult.
change fate destiny
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
birthday men age
Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.
suicide philosophy philosophical
There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.
peace war realizing
We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves.
limits reason absurd
The absurd is lucid reason noting its limits.
greatness trying way
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
sea water silence
We [Raymond and Meursault] stared at each other without blinking, and everything came to a stop there between the sea, the sand, and the sun, and the double silence of the flute and the water. It was then that I realized that you could either shoot or not shoot.