Albert Camus: Citáty anglicky (strana 5)
Albert Camus byl francouzský spisovatel a novinář. Citáty anglicky.“Happiness implied a choice, and within that choice a concerted will, a lucid desire.”
A Happy Death (1971)
"The Sea Close By" in Lyrical and Critical Essays (1970)
Toute idée fausse finit dans le sang, mais il s'agit toujours du sang des autres. C'est ce qui explique que certains de nos philosophes se sentent à l'aise pour dire n'importe quoi.
Actuelles I, 1950
“If the world were clear, art would not exist.”
The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), Absurd Creation
“The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.”
The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), An Absurd Reasoning
“With rebellion, awareness is born.”
As quoted in The Estranged God : Modern Man's Search for Belief (1966) by Anthony T. Padovano, p. 109
The Rebel (1951)
“I think my life is of great importance, but I also think it is meaningless.”
Attributed to Camus on social media, this sentence was taken from the Wikipedia article on Camus: "In Le Mythe, dualism becomes a paradox: we value our own lives in spite of our mortality and in spite of the universe's silence. While we can live with a dualism (I can accept periods of unhappiness, because I know I will also experience happiness to come), we cannot live with the paradox (I think my life is of great importance, but I also think it is meaningless)." Retrieved 16 July 2015, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Ideas_on_the_absurd
Misattributed
“It takes time to live. Like any work of art, life needs to be thought about.”
A Happy Death (1971)
“A man defines himself by his make-believe as well as by his sincere impulses.”
Un homme se définit aussi bien par ses comédies que par ses élans sincères.
http://books.google.com/books?id=9FgoAQAAIAAJ&q=%22un+homme+se+d%C3%A9finit+aussi+bien+par+ses+com%C3%A9dies+que+par+ses+%C3%A9lans+sinc%C3%A8res%22&pg=PA25#v=onepage
The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), An Absurd Reasoning
“Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to the present.”
La vraie générosité envers l'avenir consiste à tout donner au présent.
Part 5: Thought at the Meridian (p. 313)
The Rebel (1951)
“Maman used to say that you can always find something to be happy about.”
The Stranger (1942)
“The actor’s realm is that of the fleeting.”
The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), Absurd Creation
Absurd Walls
The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), An Absurd Reasoning
“I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on God.”
[I]l me restait peu de temps. Je ne voulais pas le perdre avec Dieu.
The Stranger (1942)