Albert Camus Quotes - Page 5

• To feel absolutely right is the beginning of the end.

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  Ends, Feels

  Albert Camus (1962). “The Plague”

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• He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

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  Life, Hope, Despair

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• The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.

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  Feet, Intelligence, Mind

  Albert Camus (1963). “Carnets: 1942-1951”

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• Beginning to think is beginning to be undermined.

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  Thinking

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.4, Vintage

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• The world is unimportant and whoever recognizes this conquers his liberty.

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  Liberty, World, Conquer

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• Imagination offers people consolation for what they cannot be, and humor for what they actually are.

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  Art, People, Imagination

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• Every time I hear a political speech or I read those of our leaders, I am horrified at having, for years, heard nothing which sounded human. It is always the same words telling the same lies.

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  Lying, Years, Leader

  Albert Camus (1963). “Carnets: 1935-1942”

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• One always has exaggerated ideas about what one doesn't know.

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  Ideas, Knows, Exaggerated

  Albert Camus (2016). “The Stranger”, p.49, Hamilton Books

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• One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

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  Struggle, Imagine, Flakes

  Le Mythe de Sisyphe (The Myth of Sisyphus) "The Myth of Sisyphus" (1942)

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• She was waiting, but she didn't know for what. She was aware only of her solitude, and of the penetrating cold, and of a greater weight in the region of her heart.

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  Heart, Waiting, Solitude

  Albert Camus (1964). “The fall, & Exile and the kingdom”, Random House Inc

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• We all have a weakness for beauty.

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  Weakness

  "The First Man". Book by Albert Camus, 1994.

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• The innocent is the person who explains nothing

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  Life, Innocence, Innocent

  Albert Camus (1963). “Carnets: 1935-1942”

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• The tragedy is not that we are alone, but that we cannot be. At times I would give anything in the world to no longer be connected by anything to this universe of men.

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  Men, Giving, Tragedy

  Albert Camus (2008). “Notebooks, 1951-1959”, Ivan R Dee

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• Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.

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  Life, Truth, Atheism

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.41, Vintage

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• But who would dare condemn me in this world with no judges, where no one is innocent!

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  Judging, Guilt, World

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• What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.

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  Dying, Reason, Excellent

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.4, Vintage

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• Forever I shall be a stranger to myself. In psychology as in logic, there are truths but no truth.

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  Forever, Psychology, Logic

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.19, Vintage

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• To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

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  Motivational, Inspiring, Should

  Albert Camus (1963). “Carnets: 1935-1942”

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• There is a life and there is a death, and there are beauty and melancholy between.

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  Melancholy

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• The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.

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  Writing, Civilization, Purpose

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• Always there comes an hour when one is weary of one's work and devotion to duty, and all one craves for is a loved face, the warmth and wonder of a loving heart.

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  Heart, Faces, Wonder

  Albert Camus (1960). “Collected fiction”

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• The best revenge you can have on intellectuals is to be madly happy.

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  Revenge, Best Revenge

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• Truth is not a virtue, but a passion. It is never charitable.

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  Passion, Truth Is, Virtue

  Albert Camus (2008). “Notebooks, 1951-1959”, Ivan R Dee

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• There is only one class of men, the privileged class

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  Men, Class, Privileged

  Albert Camus (2016). “The Stranger”, p.53, Hamilton Books

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• Every ideology is contrary to human psychology.

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  Psychology, Ideology, Humans

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.116, Vintage

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