More from Albert Camus
If absolute truth belongs to anyone in this world, it certainly does not belong to the man or party that claims to possess it.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus We are all exceptional cases. We all want to appeal against something! Each of us insists on being innocent at all cost, even if he has to accuse the whole human race and heaven itself.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus A man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus A man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus Live to the point of tears.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus It is better to burn than to disappear.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus I had only a little time left and I didn’t want to waste it on God.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus But the heart has its own memory and I have forgotten nothing.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?
Albert CamusAlbert Camus I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus Always go too far, because that’s where you’ll find the truth.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus
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Wayne DyerWayne Dyer I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Beauty might bring happiness, but happiness always brings beauty.
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Charles BukowskiCharles Bukowski To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty.
OshoOsho Beauty has no obvious use; nor is there any clear cultural necessity for it. Yet civilization could not do without it.
Sigmund FreudSigmund Freud Sometimes you gotta be beauty and a beast.
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