“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.”

— Albert Camus, The Rebel (1951)

About Albert Camus

1913 – 1960

French-Algerian novelist, essayist, and Nobel laureate (1957), author of 'The Stranger' and 'The Myth of Sisyphus', known for his philosophy of the absurd.

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— Seneca

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“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

— Winston Churchill

“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”

— Khalil Gibran

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to…”

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“Remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm and look forward to the future with confidence.”

— Pope John Paul II

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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

— Maya Angelou

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