Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or donโt find meaning but โstealโ some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesnโt make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.
Albert CamusFrom Pandora's Box, where all the ills of humanity swarmed, the Greeks drew out hope after all the others, as the most dreadful of all. I know no more stirring symbol; for, contrary to the general belief, hope equals resignation. And to live is not to resign oneself.
Albert CamusRebellion, in man, is the refusal to be treated as an object and to be reduced to simple historical terms. It is the affirmation of a nature common to all men, which eludes the world of power.
Albert Camus