Quotes by Albert Camus, page 4

Albert Camus - french Philosopher

Was born on 07 nov 1913.
Died on 04 jan 1960, at 46 years old.

Origin country: Algeria

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

AQuote by Albert Camus about stupidity

That must be wonderful; I have no idea of what it means.

AQuote by Albert Camus about humor, idea

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

AQuote by Albert Camus about truth, essential, absurd

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.

AQuote by Albert Camus about opinion, love, people

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.

AQuote by Albert Camus about bad, ignorance, world, good, good luck

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

AQuote by Albert Camus about philosophy, vulgarity, need, mind, rightness

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

AQuote by Albert Camus about opinion, progress, bad, real estate

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

AQuote by Albert Camus about liberty, existence, world

The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions.

AQuote by Albert Camus about end, man

The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

AQuote by Albert Camus about opinion, real estate

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

AQuote by Albert Camus about politics, society

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

AQuote by Albert Camus about politics, people

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody.

AQuote by Albert Camus about world, quiet, silence

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.

AQuote by Albert Camus about philosophy

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

AQuote by Albert Camus about destiny

There is the good and the bad, the great and the low, the just and the unjust. I swear to you that all that will never change.

AQuote by Albert Camus about philosophy, change, bad luck, bad, good, good luck, contentment

There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed.

AQuote by Albert Camus about death, peace, heart

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

AQuote by Albert Camus about courage, philosophy

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.

AQuote by Albert Camus about poverty, history, happiness

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

AQuote by Albert Camus about art