Albert Camus
Brief Bio: French philosopher, author, and journalist
Lived: 1913-1960
For further info: en.wikipedia.org
Quotes:
“Work, Soul and Life”
Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.
“The evil in the world comes almost always from ignorance”
The evil in the world comes almost always from ignorance, and goodwill can cause as much damage as ill-will if it is not enlightened…. There is no true goodness or fine love without the greatest possible degree of clear-sightedness.
1947 from the book The Plague
“An Invincible Summer”
In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
1952 from the book Lyrical and Critical Essays