Integrity Quotes by Albert Camus

11 Integrity quotes by Albert Camus

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Albert Camus wrestled with the absurd, yet his reflections on integrity cut to the core of authentic living. These eleven short lines give a quick taste of his philosophical commitment to moral consistency.

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Integrity needs no rules.

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Integrity has no need of rules.

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How many crimes are permitted simply because their authors could not endure being wrong.

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Truth and freedom, having few lovers, are demanding mistresses.

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The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions.

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Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

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One must place one's principles in big things. For the small, graciousness will suffice.

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There can be no question of holding forth on ethics. I have seen people behave badly with great morality and I note…

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The principle can be established that for a man who does not cheat what he believes to be true must determine his…

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To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of…

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What's natural is the microbe. All the rest-heath, integrity, purity (if you like)-is a product of the human will, of a vigilance…

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