What made me run away was doubtless not so much the fear of settling down, but of settling down permanently in something ugly.
ALBERT CAMUSA person’s life purpose is nothing more than to rediscover, through the detours of art or love or passionate work, those one or two images in the presence of which his heart first opened.
More Albert Camus Quotes
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Live to the point of tears.
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Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.
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It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.
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In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.
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For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment’s human suffering.
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Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
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Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.
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He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
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I looked up at the mass of signs and stars in the night sky and laid myself open for the first time to the benign indifference of the world.
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A man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says.
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Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.
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The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
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Peace is the only battle worth waging.
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Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.
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A person’s life purpose is nothing more than to rediscover, through the detours of art or love or passionate work, those one or two images in the presence of which his heart first opened.
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