Alain Quotes

Emile-Auguste Chartier, who wrote under the pen name Alain, was a French philosopher, essayist, and one of the most influential lycee teachers of his generation. After studies at the Ecole Normale Superieure, he taught philosophy at lycees in Pontivy, Lorient, Rouen, and finally Paris, where his courses at the Lycee Henri-IV trained a remarkable group of pupils including Simone Weil, Maurice Schumann, Jean Hyppolite, and Andre Maurois. The quotes below are attributed to Alain, organized by topic.