Existentialism Quote by Albert Camus Download Open image “Camus himself described this work as 'an attempt to understand the time I live in'.” — Albert Camus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Existentialism Time
I think [Albert Camus] wanted to write something to explain who he was, and how he was different from the age that had been… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
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“When I was alive, I believed — as you do — that time was at least as real and solid as myself, and probably… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
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“Our lives are made up of time, and the quality of our existence depends on our wise use of the moments we are given.” — Alexandra Stoddard Copy Share Image
“It must not be claimed that anyone can sense time by itself apart from the movement of things. LUCRETIUS, De rerum natura1” — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
“Time is an illusion of life; the life of the past and the future clouds men from the true life of the present.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I think [Albert] Camus felt very solitary. You can see it in all his books. — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
“He reasoned, even as a young man, that traditions may linger as he walked though the oracles of time. In later years he thought… — Andrew Coster Copy Share Image
“The whole town rushed outside to celebrate this crowded minute when the time of suffering had ended and the time of forgetting had not… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Being is good, but getting rich is better.... If the gods had only the riches of men's adoration, they would be as poor as… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The more I produce, the less I am certain. On the road along which the artist walks, night falls ever more densely. Finally, he… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Having been, not only mutilated in our country, wounded in our very flesh, but also divested of our most beautiful images, for you gave… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I've seen of enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and I've learned it… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The best are led to make greater demands upon themselves. As for those who succumb, they did not deserve to survive. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Then he asked me if I wasn’t interested in a change of life. I said that people never change their lives, that in any… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Thinking of the future, establishing aims for oneself, having preferences-all this presupposes a belief in freedom, even if one occasionally ascertains that one doesn't… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
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