Quote by Albert Camus

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.

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for

Summary

This quote suggests that beauty can be overwhelming and even painful because it evokes a sense of longing and desire within us. It implies that beauty can ignite a strong emotional response that leads to a sense of despair, as we become aware of the transient nature of such experiences. In these fleeting moments, we catch a glimpse of something eternal, something timeless, and we wish to prolong and extend that feeling indefinitely. However, since beauty is inherently ephemeral, it ultimately emphasizes the limitations and impermanence of our existence.

Topics

Beauty

By Albert Camus

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting w

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

Desires

At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as No

At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control.

Leadership

The contrasts and contradictions that can permanently live p

The contrasts and contradictions that can permanently live peacefully side by side in a skull make all the systems of political optimists and pessimists illusory.

Albert Einstein

Contrast System

True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by br

True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.

William J. H. Boetcker

Happiness

He who is present at a wrongdoing and does not lift a hand t

He who is present at a wrongdoing and does not lift a hand to prevent it, is as guilty as the wrongdoers.

American Indian Proverb, Omaha

Guilt

I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music a

I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together until around that time.

Poetry

Never once does 'Snow White' herself look in the mirror so s

Never once does 'Snow White' herself look in the mirror so she isn't aware of her beauty or what apparently that does to people. It's really just the queen and the prince that talk about it.

Beauty People

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know an

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

Meetings are spoken of only minimally in the A.A. big book a

Meetings are spoken of only minimally in the A.A. big book and the bookhttp://www.mtregis.com/display_article.asp?article=6604

Timothy Conley, Ph.D., Article:

Recovery (addiction/alcoholism)

Only weeks after Oslo began, when nearly all the world and m

Only weeks after Oslo began, when nearly all the world and most of Israel was drunk with the idea of peace, I argued that a Palestinian society not constrained by democratic norms would be a fear society that would pose a grave threat to Israel.

Natan Sharansky

Fear

In the attic, a warhead no doubt burns. Everything is combus

In the attic, a warhead no doubt burns. Everything is combustible. Faith burns. Trust burns. Everything burns to nothing and even nothing burns. . . . And when there is nothing, there is nothing worth dying for and when there is nothing worth dying for, there is only nothing.

Tim O'Brien, The Nuclear Age (p.

Love

I personally believe that there's going to be a good case fo

I personally believe that there's going to be a good case for the government preserving some type of guarantee to make sure that people have the ability to borrow to finance a house even in a very damaging recession. I think there's going to be a good case for that.

Timothy Geithner

Finance