Sometimes at night I would sleep open-eyed underneath a sky dripping with stars. I was alive then.
Albert Camus
Life And Stars, Existential Reflection, Cosmic Connection, Life, Stars, Reflection
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“Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself.” Albert Camus
World Reform, Social Change, Global Crisis, Duty, Generations, Politics
Albert Camus World Reform, Social Change, Global Crisis, Duty, Generations, Politics“To be born to create, to love, to win at games is to be born to live in time of peace. But war teaches us to lose everything and become what we were not. It all becomes a question of style.” Albert Camus
Creation Purpose, War’s Impact, Peace Life, Identity, Reflection, Change
Albert Camus Creation Purpose, War’s Impact, Peace Life, Identity, Reflection, Change“The absurd is a shadow cast over everything we do and even if we try to live life as if it has meaning as if there are reasons for doing things the absurd will linger in the back of our minds as a nagging doubt that perhaps there is no point.” Albert Camus
Absurdity And Meaning, Existential Philosophy, Human Reflection, Absurdity, Meaning, Philosophy
Albert Camus Absurdity And Meaning, Existential Philosophy, Human Reflection, Absurdity, Meaning, Philosophy“I have a very old and very faithful attachment for dogs. I like them because they always forgive.” Albert Camus
Dog Loyalty, Animal Love, Forgiveness Traits, Loyalty, Dogs, Forgiveness
Albert Camus Dog Loyalty, Animal Love, Forgiveness Traits, Loyalty, Dogs, Forgiveness“Believe me, the hardest thing for a man to give up is that which he really doesn’t want, after all.” Albert Camus
Desire Reflection, Personal Struggles, Letting Go, Desire, Change, Life
Albert Camus Desire Reflection, Personal Struggles, Letting Go, Desire, Change, Life“Creating is living doubly. The groping, anxious quest of a Proust, his meticulous collecting of flowers, of wallpapers, and of anxieties, signifies nothing else.” Albert Camus
Creative Living, Proust Quest, Double Experience, Creating, Living, Quest
Albert Camus Creative Living, Proust Quest, Double Experience, Creating, Living, Quest“Forever I shall be a stranger to myself. In psychology as in logic, there are truths but no truth.” Albert Camus
Psychological Alienation, Logical Truths, Personal Estrangement, Truths, Logic, Stranger
Albert Camus Psychological Alienation, Logical Truths, Personal Estrangement, Truths, Logic, Stranger“All that remains is a fate whose outcome alone is fatal. Outside of that single fatality of death, everything, joy or happiness, is liberty. A world remains of which man is the sole master. What bound him was the illusion of another world.” Albert Camus
Fate And Liberty, Human Mastery, Existential Reflection, Fate, Liberty, Mastery
Albert Camus Fate And Liberty, Human Mastery, Existential Reflection, Fate, Liberty, Mastery“Life should be lived to the point of tears.” Albert Camus
Life And Tears, Human Experience, Emotional Reflection, Life, Tears, Experience
Albert Camus Life And Tears, Human Experience, Emotional Reflection, Life, Tears, Experience“Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret.” Albert Camus
Great Work And Humanity, Artistic Reflection, Human Dignity, Work, Humanity, Art
Albert Camus Great Work And Humanity, Artistic Reflection, Human Dignity, Work, Humanity, Art“When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.” Albert Camus
Experience Reflection, Life Reverence, Personal Growth, Experience, Life, Love
Albert Camus Experience Reflection, Life Reverence, Personal Growth, Experience, Life, Love“For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.” Albert Camus
Life Reflection, Existential Despair, Hope For Life, Life, Despair, Hope
Albert Camus Life Reflection, Existential Despair, Hope For Life, Life, Despair, Hope“The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm.” Albert Camus
Economic Myth, War Inevitability, Production Paradox, War, Myth, Production
Albert Camus Economic Myth, War Inevitability, Production Paradox, War, Myth, Production“Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.” Albert Camus
Generosity Vs Charity, True Compassion, Social Commentary, Ethical Reflection, Human Spirit, Generosity
Albert Camus Generosity Vs Charity, True Compassion, Social Commentary, Ethical Reflection, Human Spirit, Generosity“We are all special cases.” Albert Camus
Human Uniqueness, Individual Reflection, Existential Observation, Special, Cases, Reflection
Albert Camus Human Uniqueness, Individual Reflection, Existential Observation, Special, Cases, Reflection“Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.” Albert Camus
Human Nature, Existential Reflection, Self Denial, Nature, Self, Denial
Albert Camus Human Nature, Existential Reflection, Self Denial, Nature, Self, Denial“Psychology is action, not thinking about oneself.” Albert Camus
Psychology Reflection, Personal Growth, Self Understanding, Psychology, Self, Action
Albert Camus Psychology Reflection, Personal Growth, Self Understanding, Psychology, Self, Action“Nihilism is not only despair and negation, but above all the desire to despair and to negate.” Albert Camus
Philosophical Reflection, Existential Thought, Human Nature, Nihilism, Negation, Despair
Albert Camus Philosophical Reflection, Existential Thought, Human Nature, Nihilism, Negation, Despair