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 felt as though I was partly unlearning what i had never learned and yet knew so well: I mean, how to live. Albert Camus wells felt mean Thoughts of suicide have got me through many a bad night. Albert Camus bad-night suicide night Violence is both unavoidable and unjustifiable. Albert Camus violence It is impossible to give a clear account of the world, but art can teach us to reproduce it-just as the world reproduces itself in the course of its eternal gyrations. The primordial sea indefatigably repeats the same words and casts up the same astonished beings on the same sea-shore. Albert Camus sea giving art 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. Albert Camus tragedy giving men It is not humiliating to be unhappy. Physical suffering is sometimes humiliating, but the suffering of being cannot be, it is life. Albert Camus happiness-and-love unhappy suffering Happiness implied a choice, and within that choice a concerted will, a lucid desire. Albert Camus choices desire happiness Fancy language, like poplin, too often conceals an eczema. Albert Camus eczema dishonesty fancy Purely historical thought is therefore nihilistic: it wholeheartedly accepts the evil of history and in this way is opposed to rebellion. Albert Camus historical evil history He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool. Albert Camus despair hope life ... 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. Albert Camus marriage freedom believe Healthy people have a natural skill of avoiding feverish eyes. Albert Camus skills eye people The innocent is the person who explains nothing Albert Camus innocent innocence life The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants. Albert Camus tyrants war peace We have art in order not to die of life. Albert Camus dies order art We are not so mad as to think that we shall create a world in which murder will not occur. We are fighting for a world in which murder will no longer be legal. Albert Camus mad fighting thinking Love is the kind of illness that does not spare the intelligent or the dull. Albert Camus intelligent doe love The first choice an artist makes is precisely to be an artist, and if he chooses to be an artist it is in consideration of what he is himself and because of a certain idea he has of art Albert Camus choices ideas art An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement. Albert Camus bondage achievement inspiration Thus, in a middle course between these heights and depths, they drifted through life rather than lived, the prey of aimless days and sterile memories, like wandering shadows that could have acquired substance only by consenting to root themselves in the solid earth of their distress. Albert Camus shadow roots memories
