Quote of Albert Camus - Man is the only creature who...

Biography - Albert Camus:

French philosopher, author, and journalist. Nobel Prize in Literature (1957).
Born: 1913 - Died: 1960
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: Algeria
Algeria

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

Albert Camus - The Rebel

to be

Translation

(French, German)

L'homme est la seule créature qui refuse d'être ce qu'elle est.

Albert Camus - L'Homme révolté

Der Mensch ist das einzige Geschöpf, das sich dagegen sträubt, das zu sein, was es ist.

Albert Camus - Der Mensch in der Revolte

Quotes for "to be" or about being:

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

Michel de Montaigne - Essays /

To be, or not to be, that is the question.

William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark /

Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.

Niccolo Machiavelli /

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Become who you are!

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra /

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I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.

Simone Weil /

I think, therefore I am.

René Descartes - Discourse on the Method /

All for "to be" or about being...

Albert Camus also said...

The need to be right - the sign of a vulgar mind.

Albert Camus - Carnets /

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

Albert Camus - L'Été /

The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.

Albert Camus - Chroniques /

There are more things to admire in men than to despise.

Albert Camus - The Plague /

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

Albert Camus - The Plague /

True artists scorn nothing: they are obliged to understand rather than to judge.

Albert Camus - Speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1957 /

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