Albert Camus quotes - page 16

But what does it mean, the plague? It's life, that's all. (Albert Camus)
There are places where the mind dies so that a truth which is its very denial may be born. View quote
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I was absent at the moment I took up the most space. View quote
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I do not want to believe that death is the gateway to another life. For me, it is a closed door. I do not say it is a step we must all take, but that it is a horrible and dirty adventure. View quote
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Whereas the Greeks gave to will the boundaries of reason, we have come to put the will's impulse in the very center of reason, which has, as a result, become deadly. View quote
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Just as all thought, and primarily that of non-signification, signifies something, so there is no art that has no signification. View quote
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Can one be a saint if God does not exist That is the only concrete problem I know of today. View quote
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A sub-clerk in the post-office is the equal of a conqueror if consciousness is common to them. View quote
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God put self-pity by the side of despair like the cure by the side of the disease. View quote
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To live is to hurt others, and through others, to hurt oneself. Cruel earth How can we manage not to touch anything To find what ultimate exile. View quote
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The ancients, even though they believed in destiny, believed primarily in nature, in which they participated wholeheartedly. To rebel against nature amounted to rebelling against oneself. It was butting one's head against a wall. (Albert Camus)
More and more, revolution has found itself delivered into the hands of its bureaucrats and doctrinaires on the one hand, and to the enfeebled and bewildered masses on the other. View quote
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We are not certain, we are never certain. If we were we could reach some conclusions, and we could, at last, make others take us seriously. View quote
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Life is the result of all your choices. View quote
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Empires and churches are born under the sun of death. View quote
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What really counted was the possibility of escape, a leap of freedom, out of the implacable ritual, a wild run for it that would give whatever chance for hope there was. Of course, hope meant being cut down on some street corner, as you ran like mad, by a random bullet. But when I really thought it through, nothing was going to allow me such a luxury. Everything was against it; I would just be caught up in the machinery again. View quote
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The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions. View quote
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I would rather not have upset him, but I couldn't see any reason to change my life. Looking back on it, I wasn't unhappy. When I was a student, I had lots of ambitions like that. But when I had to give up my studies I learned very quickly that none of it really mattered. View quote
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A single sentence will suffice for modern man. He fornicated and read the papers. After that vigorous definition, the subject will be, if I may say so, exhausted. View quote
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The struggle to reach the top is itself enough to fulfill the heart of man. One must believe that Sisyphus is happy. View quote
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It is natural to give a clear view of the world after accepting the idea that it must be clear. (Albert Camus)
Every man, and for stronger reasons, every artist, wants to be recognized. So do I. View quote
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One plays at being immortal and after a few weeks one doesn't even know whether or not one can hang on till the next day. View quote
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The absurd is sin without God. View quote
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I want to know if I can live with what I know, and only than. View quote
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