--- title: "19 Judging Quotes By Albert Camus" description: "19 Judging quotes by Albert Camus. Plus more from Albert Camus and more Judging sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/114/albert-camus-47_breathe_to-live-is-in-itself-a-value-judgment-to_2701166.jpg" --- > [To live is in itself a value judgment. To breathe is to judge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/to-live-is-in-itself-a-value-judgment-to-breathe-is-to-judge/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/114/albert-camus-47_breathe_to-live-is-in-itself-a-value-judgment-to_2701166.jpg) > [Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/judging-whether-life-is-or-is-not-worth-living-amounts-to-answering/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/albert-camus-47_amount_judging-whether-life-is-or-is-not-worth_2162475.jpg) > [People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/people-hasten-to-judge-in-order-not-to-be-judged-themselves/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/albert-camus-47_judged_people-hasten-to-judge-in-order-not-to-b_870444.jpg) > [Today we are always as ready to judge as we are to fornicate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/today-we-are-always-as-ready-to-judge-as-we-are-to-fornicate/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c2/albert-camus-47_judging_today-we-are-always-as-ready-to-judge-as_1361823.jpg) > [“False judges are held up in the world’s admiration and I alone know the true ones.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/false-judges-are-held-up-in-the-world-s-admiration-and-i-alone-know/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6aa/albert-camus-47_admiration_false-judges-are-held-up-in-the-world-s_793575.jpg) > [My dear friend, we mustn't give them even the slightest excuse to judge us! Otherwise, we end up in pieces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/my-dear-friend-we-mustn-t-give-them-even-the-slightest-excuse-to/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e79/albert-camus-47_dear_my-dear-friend-we-mustn-t-give-them-even_1923571.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) > [You know, a man always judges himself by the balance he can strike between the needs of his body and the demands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/you-know-a-man-always-judges-himself-by-the-balance-he-can-strike/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbd/albert-camus-47_balance_you-know-a-man-always-judges-himself-by_2407336.jpg) > [The artist forges himself to the others, midway between the beauty he cannot do without and the community he cannot tear himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-artist-forges-himself-to-the-others-midway-between-the-beauty-he/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1e/albert-camus-47_art_the-artist-forges-himself-to-the-others_3189488.jpg) > [“Many artists, even the greatest ones, are not sure of their own existence. So they search for proof, they judge, they condemn.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/many-artists-even-the-greatest-ones-are-not-sure-of-their-own/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e00/albert-camus-47_art_many-artists-even-the-greatest-ones-are_675625.jpg) > [The more I accuse myself, the more right I have to judge you. Even better, I make you judge yourself, which comforts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-more-i-accuse-myself-the-more-right-i-have-to-judge-you-even/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/albert-camus-47_accuse_the-more-i-accuse-myself-the-more-right_2680729.jpg) > [All systems of morality are based on the idea that an action has consequences that legitimize or cancel it. A mind imbued…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/all-systems-of-morality-are-based-on-the-idea-that-an-action-has/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/albert-camus-47_absurd_all-systems-of-morality-are-based-on-the_212477.jpg) > [Mon cher ami, let's not give them any pretext, no matter how small, for judging us!!! Otherwise, we'll be left in shreds.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/mon-cher-ami-let-s-not-give-them-any-pretext-no-matter-how-small-for/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35d/albert-camus-47_animal_mon-cher-ami-let-s-not-give-them-any-pre_812720.jpg) > [All I maintain is that on this earth there are pestilences and there are victims, and it's up to us, so far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/all-i-maintain-is-that-on-this-earth-there-are-pestilences-and-there/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/631/albert-camus-47_childishness_all-i-maintain-is-that-on-this-earth-the_1066631.jpg) > [Freedom is not a reward or a decoration that you toast in champagne. On the contrary, it's hard graft and a long-distance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/freedom-is-not-a-reward-or-a-decoration-that-you-toast-in-champagne/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0c/albert-camus-47_all-alone_freedom-is-not-a-reward-or-a-decoration_1991758.jpg) > [I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-see-many-people-die-because-they-judge-that-life-is-not-worth/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/albert-camus-47_death_i-see-many-people-die-because-they-judge_2692322.jpg) > [There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/there-is-but-one-truly-serious-philosophical-problem-and-that-is-3/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/albert-camus-47_answers_there-is-but-one-truly-serious-philosoph_2706544.jpg) > [My profession lent itself nicely to my vocation for heights. It freed me of any bitterness towards my fellow men, who were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/my-profession-lent-itself-nicely-to-my-vocation-for-heights-it-freed/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a43/albert-camus-47_bitterness_my-profession-lent-itself-nicely-to-my-v_2382200.jpg) > [We are living in the era of premeditation and the perfect crime. Our criminals are no longer helpless children who could plead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/we-are-living-in-the-era-of-premeditation-and-the-perfect-crime-our/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/albert-camus-47_adults_we-are-living-in-the-era-of-premeditatio_1094132.jpg) ## Other authors on Judging ## 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/judging/albert-camus/#itemlist", "name": "19 Judging Quotes By Albert Camus", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To live is in itself a value judgment. 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