Albert Camus on Community, Hope and Creativity
October 21, 2003 by admin
“Great ideas come into the world as quietly as doves. Perhaps then , if we listen attentively we shall hear, among the uproar of empires and nations, the faint fluttering of wings, the gentle stirrings of life and hope. Some will say this hope lies in a nation; others in a man. I believe rather that it is awakened, revived, nourished by millions of solitary individuals whose deeds and works every day negate frontiers and the crudest implications of history. Each and every one, on the foundations of their own suffering and joy builds for all.” –Albert Camus –
On June 9th 2001, on another site http://marpie.weblogs.com/2001/06/09 I posted the above quote from Albert Camus. I like it so much I am reposting it.
2 Responses to “Albert Camus on Community, Hope and Creativity”
Dear Marc,
If you would be so kind to advise the source of this great quotation from Albert Camus ” Great ideas, it has been said, come into the world as gently as doves…” I would be incredibly grateful to you !!
Thanks a million & very best regards
Stefanie
Stefanie,
From this website http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/topics/Quotes/quote_camus.html one sees this attribution for the quote. I have not read this autobiography. Thank you.
Albert Camus (1913-1960), renowned novelist and thinker from Algeria, writing in his autobiography, “The Artist and His Time”.