The absurd hero's refusal to hope becomes his singular ability to live in the present with passion. Albert Camus More Quotes by Albert Camus More Quotes From Albert Camus I knew a pure heart who refused tot be mistrustful.... He had written at his doorstep: "From wherever you are, enter and be welcome". Who do you think responded to this lovely invitation? The militia, who made themselves at home and gutted him. Albert Camus trust home heart Every writer, big or small, needs to say or write that the genius is always hissed at by his contemporaries. Naturally, this is not true, it happens only occasionally and often by chance. But this need within the writer is enlightening. Albert Camus genius writing needs Every stone here sweats with suffering, I know that. I have never looked at them without a feeling of anguish. But deep in my heart I know that the most wretched among you have seen a divine face emerge from their darkness. That is the face you are asked to see. Albert Camus sweat darkness heart All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football. Albert Camus morality obligation football In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion; in order to serve others better, one has to hold them at a distance for a time. But where can one find the solitude necessary to vigor, the deep breath in which the mind collects itself and courage gauges its strength? There remain big cities. Albert Camus distance cities order He had opened his heart to the sublime indifference of the universe Albert Camus indifference sublime heart Proof is never definitive, after all; one has to begin again with each new person. Albert Camus begin-again proof persons Mon cher ami, let's not give them any pretext, no matter how small, for judging us!!! Otherwise, we'll be left in shreds. We are forced to take the same precautions as the animal trainer. If, before going into the cage, he has the misfortune to cut himself while shaving, what a feast for the wild animals!! Albert Camus cutting animal giving We know the surrealist solution: concrete irrationality, objective risk. Poetry is the conquest, the only possible conquest, of the 'supreme position', 'a certain position of the mind from where life and death, the real and the imaginary, the past and the future... cease to be perceived in a contradictory sense.' Albert Camus life-and-death real past 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. Albert Camus leader lying years 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. Albert Camus effort government leader One always has exaggerated ideas about what one doesn't know. Albert Camus exaggerated knows ideas You always get exaggerated notions of things you don't know anything about. Albert Camus exaggerated notion knows ... one cannot be happy in exile or in oblivion. One cannot always be a stranger. I want to return to my homeland, make all my loved ones happy. I see no further than this. Albert Camus return stranger want Truth is not a virtue, but a passion. It is never charitable. Albert Camus truth-is virtue passion We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. Albert Camus atheism habit thinking We [writers] must know that we can never escape the common misery and that our only justification, if indeed there is a justification, is to speak up, insofar as we can, for those who cannot do so. Albert Camus misery common writing Perhaps we cannot prevent this world from being a world in which children are tortured. But we can reduce the number of tortured children. Albert Camus numbers children world I have a good, hearty laugh and an energetic handshake, and those are trump cards. Albert Camus laughter attitude laughing stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves Albert Camus knack stupidity way
