And indeed it could be said that once the faintest stirring of hope became possible, the dominion of plague was ended.

The world I live in is loathsome to me, but I feel one with the men who suffer in it

The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being,Freedom from ambition,Creation

I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain. One always finds one's burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile. Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night-filled mountain, in itself, forms a world. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

But again and again there comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished with death. The schoolteacher is well aware of this. And the question is not one of knowing what punishment or reward attends the making of this calculation. The question is one of knowing whether two and two do make four

Humans are creatures, who spent their lifes trying to convince themselves, that their existence is not absurd

There always comes a time when one must choose between contemplation and action. This is called becoming a man.