Of course, true love is exceptional - two or three times a century, more or less. The rest of the time there is vanity or boredom. Albert Camus More Quotes by Albert Camus More Quotes From Albert Camus We are all special cases. Albert Camus special appreciation teacher I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing. Albert Camus sick compassion ideas We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that race which daily hastens us towards death, the body maintains its irreparable lead. Albert Camus race death thinking A profound thought is in a constant state of becoming; it adopts the experience of a life and assumes its shape. Albert Camus becoming shapes profound Their guilt made me eloquent because I was not its victim. Albert Camus guilt victim made The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves. Albert Camus possession desire love There are more things to admire in men than to despise. Albert Camus despise admire men Nothing in the world is worth turning one's back on what one loves. Albert Camus one-love world On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant, and it is this that we call vice or virtue; the most incorrigible vice being that of an ignorance that fancies it knows everything and therefore claims for itself the right to kill. The soul of the murderer is blind; and there can be no true goodness nor true love without the utmost clear-sightedness. Albert Camus ignorance real men But who would dare condemn me in this world with no judges, where no one is innocent! Albert Camus guilt judging world From the evening breeze to this hand on my shoulder, everything has its truth. Albert Camus shoulders evening hands To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well. Albert Camus law-enforcement police time Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny. Albert Camus destiny faces men In that daily effort in which intelligence and passion mingle and delight each other, the absurd man discovers a discipline that will make up the greatest of his strengths. The required diligence and doggedness and lucidity thus resemble the conqueror's attitude. To create is likewise to give a shape to one's fate. For all these characters, their work defines them at least as much as it is defined by them. The actor taught us this: There is no frontier between being and appearing. Albert Camus passion attitude character Life can be magnificent and overwhelming -- that is the whole tragedy. Without beauty, love, or danger it would almost be easy to live. Albert Camus tragedy easy life No cause justifies the deaths of innocent people. Albert Camus innocent causes people Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears. Albert Camus inspirational men life To lose the touch of flowers and women's hands is the supreme separation. Albert Camus separation flower hands The role of the intellectual cannot be to excuse the violence of one side and condemn that of the other. Albert Camus roles violence intellectual Wandering seemed no more than the happiness of an anxious man. Albert Camus wander anxious men
