Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

Quote by Albert Camus

Topics: Idleness Quotes, Inaction Quotes, Mediocrity Quotes

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he...

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he...

Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian

Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian

True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself;...

True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself;...

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

It's no use reminding yourself daily that you are mortal: it will be brought home...

It's no use reminding yourself daily that you are mortal: it will be brought home...

If friends were flowers, I'd pick you

If friends were flowers, I'd pick you

To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is...

To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is...

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions...

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions...

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that...

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that...

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without...

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without...

Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they...

Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they...

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold...

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold...

The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must...

The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must...

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom,...

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom,...

What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.

What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being...

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being...