--- title: "10 Innocent Quotes By Albert Camus" description: "10 Innocent quotes by Albert Camus. Plus more from Albert Camus and more Innocent sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/albert-camus-47_innocence_the-innocent-is-the-person-who-explains_1363356.jpg" --- > [The innocent is the person who explains nothing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-innocent-is-the-person-who-explains-nothing/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/albert-camus-47_innocence_the-innocent-is-the-person-who-explains_1363356.jpg) > [But who would dare condemn me in this world with no judges, where no one is innocent!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/but-who-would-dare-condemn-me-in-this-world-with-no-judges-where-no/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/albert-camus-47_condemn_but-who-would-dare-condemn-me-in-this-wo_695362.jpg) > [No cause justifies the deaths of innocent people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/no-cause-justifies-the-deaths-of-innocent-people/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/albert-camus-47_cause_no-cause-justifies-the-deaths-of-innocen_1578334.jpg) > [We are all exceptional cases. We all want to appeal against something! Each of us insists on being innocent at all cost,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/we-are-all-exceptional-cases-we-all-want-to-appeal-against-something-2/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e8/albert-camus-47_appeals_we-are-all-exceptional-cases-we-all-want_1559300.jpg) > [And so I learned that familiar paths traced in the dusk of summer evenings may lead as well to prison as to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/and-so-i-learned-that-familiar-paths-traced-in-the-dusk-of-summer/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2a/albert-camus-47_dusk_and-so-i-learned-that-familiar-paths-tra_3037352.jpg) > [If pimps and thieves everywhere were always punished, honest people would all believe themselves always to be innocent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/if-pimps-and-thieves-everywhere-were-always-punished-honest-people/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84f/albert-camus-47_believe_if-pimps-and-thieves-everywhere-were-alw_1789293.jpg) > [No matter what cause one defends, it will suffer permanent disgrace if one resorts to blind attacks on crowds of innocent people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/no-matter-what-cause-one-defends-it-will-suffer-permanent-disgrace-if/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b38/albert-camus-47_blind_no-matter-what-cause-one-defends-it-will_1174271.jpg) > [Chacun exige d'e" tre innocent, a' tout prix, me" me si, pour cela, il faut accuser le genre humain et le ciel.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/chacun-exige-d-e-tre-innocent-a-tout-prix-me-me-si-pour-cela-il-faut/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/albert-camus-47_accusers_chacun-exige-d-e-tre-innocent-a-tout-pri_3014047.jpg) > [To cut short this question of the law of retaliation, we must note that even in its primitive form it can operate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/to-cut-short-this-question-of-the-law-of-retaliation-we-must-note/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/142/albert-camus-47_claims_to-cut-short-this-question-of-the-law-of_142449.jpg) > [ Knowing what \[Christ\] knew , knowing all about mankind--ah! who would have thought that the crime is not so much to make… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/knowing-what-christ-knew-knowing-all-about-mankind-ah-who-would-have/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/albert-camus-47_christ_knowing-what-christ-knew-knowing-all-abo_560460.jpg) ## Other authors on Innocent ## More by Albert Camus > [“The whole town rushed outside to celebrate this crowded minute when the time of suffering had ended and the time of forgetting had not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-whole-town-rushed-outside-to-celebrate-this-crowded-minute-when/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Generally, I like all islands. There, it is easier to rule.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/generally-i-like-all-islands-there-it-is-easier-to-rule/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Being is good, but getting rich is better… If the gods had only the riches of men's adoration, they would be as poor as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/being-is-good-but-getting-rich-is-better-if-the-gods-had-only-the/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The more I produce, the less I am certain. On the road along which the artist walks, night falls ever more densely. Finally, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-more-i-produce-the-less-i-am-certain-on-the-road-along-which-the/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [“Having been, not only mutilated in our country, wounded in our very flesh, but also divested of our most beautiful images, for you gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/having-been-not-only-mutilated-in-our-country-wounded-in-our-very/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [I've seen of enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and I've learned it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-ve-seen-of-enough-of-people-who-die-for-an-idea-i-don-t-believe-in/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The best are led to make greater demands upon themselves. As for those who succumb, they did not deserve to survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-best-are-led-to-make-greater-demands-upon-themselves-as-for-those/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [“Then he asked me if I wasn’t interested in a change of life. I said that people never change their lives, that in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/then-he-asked-me-if-i-wasn-t-interested-in-a-change-of-life-i-said/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/life-is-meaningless-but-worth-living-provided-you-recognize-it-s/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Thinking of the future, establishing aims for oneself, having preferences-all this presupposes a belief in freedom, even if one occasionally ascertains that one doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/thinking-of-the-future-establishing-aims-for-oneself-having/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-explained-to-him-however-that-my-nature-was-such-that-my-physical/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-only-way-to-deal-with-an-unfree-world-is-to-become-so-absolutely/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [“We love people not because for good they did for us, but for good we did for them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/we-love-people-not-because-for-good-they-did-for-us-but-for-good-we/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [You have so much inside you, and the noblest happiness of all. Don’t just wait for a man to come along. That’s the mistake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/you-have-so-much-inside-you-and-the-noblest-happiness-of-all-don-t/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-desire-for-possession-is-insatiable-to-such-a-point-that-it-can/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/innocent/albert-camus/#itemlist", "name": "10 Innocent Quotes By Albert Camus", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The innocent is the person who explains nothing", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Camus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-innocent-is-the-person-who-explains-nothing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/albert-camus-47_innocence_the-innocent-is-the-person-who-explains_1363356.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/albert-camus-47_innocence_the-innocent-is-the-person-who-explains_1363356.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/albert-camus-47_innocence_the-innocent-is-the-person-who-explains_1363356.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The innocent is the person who explains nothing” — Albert Camus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But who would dare condemn me in this world with no judges, where no one is innocent!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Camus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/but-who-would-dare-condemn-me-in-this-world-with-no-judges-where-no/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/albert-camus-47_condemn_but-who-would-dare-condemn-me-in-this-wo_695362.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/albert-camus-47_condemn_but-who-would-dare-condemn-me-in-this-wo_695362.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/albert-camus-47_condemn_but-who-would-dare-condemn-me-in-this-wo_695362.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But who would dare condemn me in this world with no judges, where no one is innocent!” — Albert Camus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No cause justifies the deaths of innocent people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Camus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/no-cause-justifies-the-deaths-of-innocent-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/albert-camus-47_cause_no-cause-justifies-the-deaths-of-innocen_1578334.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/albert-camus-47_cause_no-cause-justifies-the-deaths-of-innocen_1578334.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/albert-camus-47_cause_no-cause-justifies-the-deaths-of-innocen_1578334.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No cause justifies the deaths of innocent people.” — Albert Camus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are all exceptional cases. 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