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Albert Camus Quotes - Page 15

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The absurd hero's refusal to hope becomes his singular ability to live in the present with passion.

The absurd hero's refusal to hope becomes his singular ability to live in the present with passion.

Hero, Passion, Live In The Present

It is not true that the heart wears out - but the body creates this illusion.

Heart, Body, Illusion

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

An intense feeling carries with it its own universe, magnificent or wretched as the case may be.

Feelings, May, Intense

Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must march toward these two goals, painfully but resolutely, certain in advance of our failings on so long a road.

Two, Long, Goal

ALBERT CAMUS (1971). “NOBEL PRIZE LIBRARY”

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

Men, Hands, Birth Defects

Thinking of the future, establishing aims for oneself, having preferences-all this presupposes a belief in freedom, even if one occasionally ascertains that one doesn't feel it.

Freedom, Thinking, Belief

Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.57, Vintage

I grew up with the sea, and poverty for me was sumptuous; then I lost the sea and found all luxuries gray and poverty unbearable.

Sea, Luxury, Poverty

Albert Camus (1968). “Lyrical and Critical Essays”

You must have a love, a great love, to ensure an alibi at unjustified despairs that conquer all of us

Great Love, Despair, Conquer

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

Revenge, Best Revenge

... We need the sweet pain of anticipation to tell us we are really alive.

Sweet, Pain, Needs

Freedom is not a gift received from the State or leader, but a possession to be won every day by the effort of each and the union of all.

Government, Effort, Leader

Maman used to say that you can always find something to be happy about.

Used

Albert Camus (2012). “The Stranger”, p.113, Vintage

No matter how the sun shone, the sea held forth no more promises.

Sea, Promise, Matter

Albert Camus (1960). “Collected fiction”

Art and revolt will die only with the last man.

Art, Men, Lasts

In a world that has ceased to believe in sin, the artist is responsible for the preaching.

Believe, Artist, World

Albert Camus (1965). “Notebooks, 1942-1951”

The sense of doing good , the satisfaction of being right, the joy of looking favorably upon oneself, dear sir, are powerful levers for keeping us upright and making us progress. On the other hand, if men are deprived of that feeling, they are changed into rabid dogs.

Dog, Powerful, Men

... unhappiness is like marriage. We believe we chose it, but then it is choosing us. That is how it is, we can do nothing about it.

Marriage, Freedom, Believe

Truth and freedom, having few lovers, are demanding mistresses.

Honesty, Integrity, Mistress

The only really committed artist is he who, without refusing to take part in the combat, at least refuses to join the regular armies and remains a freelance.

Army, Artist, Combat

One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

Struggle, Imagine, Flakes

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

To be born to create, to love, to win at games is to be born to live in time of peace. But war teaches us to lose everything and become what we were not. It all becomes a question of style.

Peace, War, Winning

Albert Camus (1969). “Notebooks”

In the world there is, parallel to the force of death and constraint, an enormous force of persuasion that is called culture.

Culture, World, Persuasion

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

One dies if necessary, one breaks rather than bending. But I bend, because I continue to love myself.

Bending, Love Myself, Break

Albert Camus (1957). “The fall”

We are condemned to live together.

Together

Albert Camus (2012). “Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays”, p.127, Vintage

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I try to define and to summarize it, it is nothing but water slipping through my fingers.

Self, Water, Trying

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

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