There Can Be No Goodness Without Clear-Sightedness

The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding. On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn’t the real point. But, they are more or less ignorant, and it is this that we call vice or virtue; the most incorrigible vice being that of an ignorance which fancies it knows everything and therefore claims for itself the right to kill. There can be no true goodness, nor true love, without the utmost clear-sightedness.

Notes:

An insightful quote from Camus.

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 The Plague
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Camus , Albert (1991-05-07), The Plague, Vintage, Retrieved on 2011-08-03