Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.
Quote by Albert Camus about beauty, despair, eternity, time
Quotes by Albert Camus, page 2
111 quotes by Albert Camus
Albert Camus - french Philosopher
Was born on 07 nov 1913.
Died on 04 jan 1960, at 46 years old.
Died on 04 jan 1960, at 46 years old.
Origin country: Algeria
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
Quote by Albert Camus about happiness, harmony, man, life
By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.
Quote by Albert Camus about guvernement, conscience, nothing
Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.
Quote by Albert Camus about people, charm, question
Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.
Quote by Albert Camus about culture, destiny, man, face
Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.
Quote by Albert Camus about friendship, opinion, faith, good, good luck
Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.
Quote by Albert Camus about moral, judgment, day
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Quote by Albert Camus about friendship
Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
Quote by Albert Camus about philosophy, innocence, melancholia, being
Every revolutionary ends can become either an oppressor or a heretic.
Quote by Albert Camus about politics, end
Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.
Quote by Albert Camus about politics, end
For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of...
Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, crime, criminals, force, law, state, death, man
He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
Quote by Albert Camus about philosophy, hope, human imperfections
How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.
Quote by Albert Camus about truth, sincerity, friendship, nothing
I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.
Quote by Albert Camus about god, death, life
If there is sin against life, it consists... in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.
Quote by Albert Camus about philosophy, life, sin
