Albert Camus on humanity
Albert Camus97 quotes“They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love.”
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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 But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn’t.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus The need to be right – the sign of a vulgar mind.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus There is a life and there is a death, and there are beauty and melancholy between.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
Albert CamusAlbert Camus
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We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
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Jean-Jacques RousseauJean-Jacques Rousseau From the crooked timber of humanity, a straight board cannot be hewn.
Immanuel KantImmanuel Kant With a clear intention and a willing spirit, sooner or later we experience the joy and freedom that arises when we recognize our common humanity with others and see that real love excludes no one.
Sharon SalzbergSharon Salzberg For peace to reign on Earth, humans must evolve into new beings who have learned to see the whole first.
Immanuel KantImmanuel Kant Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God.
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