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
solitude poverty values
There is a solitude in poverty, but a solitude which restores to each thing its value.
relationship money
We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.
feelings way rebellion
Rebellion cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified.
money being-free way
Having money is a way of being free of money.
elements unreality abstraction
Yes, there was an element of abstraction and unreality in misfortune. But when an abstraction starts to kill you, you have to get to work on it.
profound shapes becoming
A profound thought is in a constant state of becoming; it adopts the experience of a life and assumes its shape.
light able pleasure
I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up.
sleep men speaks-out
When the imagination sleeps, words are emptied of their meaning: a deaf population absent-mindedly registers the condemnation of a man. ... there is no other solution but to speak out and show the obscenity hidden under the verbal cloak.
order strict strict-rules
I make myself strict rules in order to correct my nature. But it is my nature that i finally obey.
christian heart men
What the world expects of Christians is that Christians should speak out, loud and clear... in such a way that never a doubt, never the slightest doubt, could rise in the heart of the simplest man.
moments life-time carrie
Likewise and during every day of an unillustrious life, time carries us. But a moment always comes when we have to carry it.
heart stubborn humans
There is so much stubborn hope in the human heart.
ideas views giving
It is natural to give a clear view of the world after accepting the idea that it must be clear.
violence
Violence is both unavoidable and unjustifiable.