Albert Camus on Human Nature
Browse 8 quotations attributed to Albert Camus, catalogued under Human Nature, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Albert Camus, entry #96074: "Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. ."
Attributed to Albert Camus, entry #36259: "Every ideology is contrary to human psychology."
8 Quotes by Albert Camus on Human Nature
"Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. ."
"Every ideology is contrary to human psychology."
"To know oneself, one should assert oneself."
"Albert Camus Society UK"
"When a war breaks out, people say: "It's too stupid; it can't last long." But though the war may well be "too stupid," that doesn't prevent its lasting. Stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves."
"For those of us who have been thrown into hell, mysterious melodies and the torturing images of a vanished beauty will always bring us, in the midst of crime and folly, the echo of that harmonious insurrection which bears witness, throughout the centuries, to the greatness of humanity."
"Don't let them tell us stories. Don't let them say of the man sentenced to death "He is going to pay his debt to society," but: "They are going to cut off his head." It looks like nothing. But it does make a little difference. And then there are people who prefer to look their fate in the eye."
"Even before the bomb, one did not breathe too easily in this tortured world. Now we are given a new source of anguish; it has all the promise of being our greatest anguish ever. There can be no doubt that humanity is being offered its last chance. Perhaps this is an occasion for the newspapers to print a special edition. More likely, it should be cause for a certain amount of reflection and a great deal of silence."