Albert Camus Quotes on Reality
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At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.
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The world evades us because it becomes itself again. That stage scenery masked by habit becomes what it is. It withdraws at a distance from us.
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There is always a philosophy for lack of courage.
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A little thought estranges from life, whereas much thought reconciles to life. Unable to refine the real, thought pauses to mimic it.
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To a man devoid of blinders, there is no finer sight than that of the intelligence at grips with a reality that transcends it.
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To impoverish that reality whose inhumanity constitutes man's majesty is tantamount to impoverishing him himself. I understand then why the doctrines that explain everything to me also debilitate me at the same time. They relieve me of the weight of my own life, and yet I must carry it alone.
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Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil. Nor can it identify itself completely with reality without denying itself.