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Notebooks, 1942-1951 QUOTES

Notebooks, 1942-1951 QUOTES

1 " It would be the most peaceful to love in silence, but there are consciousness and personality, so we have to speak. And then love becomes hell. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

2 " My life was lucky so that I met, I loved (and disappointed) only outstanding people. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

3 " No one realises that some individuals consume herculesque forces only to be normal. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

4 " You will always win if you make an effort, no matter how much. However, if you failed it means you were too lazy. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

5 " Why I'm an artist, not a philosopher? Because I think in words rather than ideas. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

6 " I kept myself aloof from the world not because I had enemies, but because I had friends there. Not because they damaged me, as this happens usually, but because they thought I'm better than I really am. It was a lie that I could not stand. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

7 " A life, whose purpose is money, is death. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

8 " Maybe Christ died for somebody but not for me. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

9 " Solitude must be accepted with all its difficulties. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

10 " Doubts are the innermost corner of our souls. One must not talk about his doubts, whatever they may be. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

11 " We live in a world where one needs to choose - to be the victim or the executioner, and nothing else. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

12 " People always think that a suicide is commited for one reason. But it is perfectly possible to commit a suicide for two reasons. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

13 " There are accidents that last the whole life. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

14 " People, who suffer from sadness and suddenly become happy, betray themselves: they stick to happiness, as if to hug, and strangle it out of jealousy. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

15 " Deepest thoughts and major works eventually become insignificant. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

16 " For people like me, the face just says that we die alone. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

17 " We love people not because for good they did for us, but for good we did for them. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

18 " We are created to live side by side. However, we only die for ourselves. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

19 " Person describes himself throughout life. To know oneself perfectly means to die. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951

20 " You help far more when you depict a person favorably than instruct its weaknesses. "

― Albert Camus , Notebooks, 1942-1951