There is no frontier between being and appearing. Albert Camus More Quotes by Albert Camus More Quotes From Albert Camus In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. Albert Camus motivationalinspirationallife The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning. Albert Camus absurdrealizationlife-is There always comes a time when one must choose between contemplation and action. This is called becoming a man. Albert Camus becomingactionmen 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. Albert Camus intelligencefeetmind If we believe in nothing, if nothing has any meaning and if we can affirm no values whatsoever, then everything is possible and nothing has any importance. Albert Camus importanceifsbelieve Life is the sum of your choices. Albert Camus ethicschoicesopportunity Believe me, religions are on the wrong track the moment they moralize and fulminate commandments. God is not needed to create guilt or to punish. Our fellow men suffice, aided by ourselves. Albert Camus trackmenbelieve And never have I felt so deeply at one and the same time so detached from myself and so present in the world. Albert Camus detachedfeltworld Thinking is learning all over again how to see, directing one's consciousness, making of every image a privileged place. Albert Camus sisyphusconsciousnessthinking But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? Albert Camus happyhappinessinspirational When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune. Albert Camus too-muchsoulsuffering It takes time to live. Like any work of art, life needs to be thought about. Albert Camus timeartneeds Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority. Albert Camus majoritydemocracylaw I can feel this heart inside me and I conclude it exists. I can touch this world and I also conclude that it exists. All my knowledge ends at this point. The rest is hypothesis. Albert Camus chaosheartworld Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders. Albert Camus death-penaltypunishmentmurder When I was young I asked more of people than they could give: everlasting friendship, endless feeling. Now I know to ask less of them than they can give: a straightforward companionship. And their feelings, their friendship, their generous actions seem in my eyes to be wholly miraculous: a consequence of grace alone. Albert Camus eyegivingpeople Ah cher ami, how poor in invention men are! They are They always think one commits suicide for a reason. But it's quite possible to commit suicide for two reasons. No, that never occurs to them. So what's the good of dying intentionally, of sacrificing yourself to the idea you want people to have of you? Once you are dead, they will take advantage of it to attribute idiotic or vulgar motives to your action. Martyrs, cher ami, must choose between being forgotten, mocked, or made use of. As for being understood--never! Albert Camus sacrificesuicidethinking Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. Albert Camus independence4th-of-julyfreedom One recognizes one's course by discovering the paths that stray from it. Albert Camus recognisediscoveringpath People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves. Albert Camus lifeorderpeople
