Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.

Quote by Albert Camus

Topics: Beauty Quotes, Despair Quotes

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free...

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free...

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they...

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they...

If friends were flowers, I'd pick you

If friends were flowers, I'd pick you

To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery...

To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery...

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must...

The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must...

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it...

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it...

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being...

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being...

Life is the sum of all your choices.

Life is the sum of all your choices.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love

I know of only one duty, and that is to love

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on...

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on...

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without...

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without...

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.

What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.