We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives...inside ourselves.

Quote by Albert Camus

Topics: Anti War Quotes

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where...

The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where...

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

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...

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

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

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

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

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in...

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in...

Murder is terribly exhausting.

Murder is terribly exhausting.

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...

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of...

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of...

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a...

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a...

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

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

To marry a woman who you love and who loves you is to lay a...

To marry a woman who you love and who loves you is to lay a...

Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and...

Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and...

In our society any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to...

In our society any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to...

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 real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

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...

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey...

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey...