To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.
Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, death, impossible, love
Quotes by Albert Camus, page 5
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
To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and nobody in his right mind will believe this today.
Quote by Albert Camus about reality, society, mind, rightness, good, good luck, man
To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything.
Quote by Albert Camus about philosophy, sun, indifference, history
To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.
Quote by Albert Camus about faith, police, force, time
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.
Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, generosity, charity, order
Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason.
Quote by Albert Camus about music, reason, wish, dream, art, magic
Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.
Quote by Albert Camus about lie, light, truth
Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
Quote by Albert Camus about virtue, principle, reality
We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.
Quote by Albert Camus about love, people
We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.
Quote by Albert Camus about people, personality, death, life
What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.
Quote by Albert Camus about religion, christians, world
When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.
Quote by Albert Camus about experience, love
