Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

Quote by Albert Camus

Topics: Idleness Quotes, Inaction Quotes, Mediocrity Quotes

All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on....

All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on....

It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to...

It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to...

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope...

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope...

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they...

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they...

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

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.

If there is sin against life, it consists¦ in hoping for another life and in...

If there is sin against life, it consists¦ in hoping for another life and in...

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose...

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose...

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

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...

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on...

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on...

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of...

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of...

Nature is a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible...

Nature is a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible...

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

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

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost...

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost...

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

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...

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of....

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of....

The principle of life is that life responds by corresponding; your life becomes the thing...

The principle of life is that life responds by corresponding; your life becomes the thing...

If in barbed wire things can bloom, why couldn't I? I will not die, I...

If in barbed wire things can bloom, why couldn't I? I will not die, I...

If youre not doing the things that you love, then your life is not worth...

If youre not doing the things that you love, then your life is not worth...