To know oneself, one should assert onese... by Albert Camus | We Heart Quotes

Author philosopher Literature. French Nobel Prize

To know oneself, one should assert oneself. Psychology is action, not thinking about oneself.

- Albert Camus

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Fact

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

- Albert Camus

Pain Money People People

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

- Albert Camus

To be happy we must not be too concerned with others.

- Albert Camus

People

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

- Albert Camus

Intentions Evil May World

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.

- Albert Camus

Life

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

- Albert Camus

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