The struggle to the top alone will make a human heart SWELL.
Interpretation
Achieving success through personal struggle is a source of pride and fulfillment.
Albert Camus suggests that the journey of overcoming challenges on the path to success not only elevates an individual's social status but also enriches the emotional experience, leading to a profound sense of personal growth and accomplishment. The 'struggle to the top' embodies the idea that hard work and perseverance cultivate a heart that swells with pride and joy.
In practice
During a motivational speech to inspire young athletes.
The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom charitable souls keep their distance, he has still said nothing. Or, rather, he has spoken through the voice of Victor Hugo, Zola, Richepin. At least, they said so. And these shameful impostures fed their authors. Cruel irony, the Poor Man tormented with hunger feeds those who plead his case.
The certainty of a God giving meaning to life far surpasses in attractiveness the ability to behave badly with impunity. The choice would not be hard to make. But there is no choice and that is where the bitterness comes in. The absurd does not liberate; it binds.
Between history and the eternal I have chosen history because I like certainties. Of it, at least, I am certain, and how can I deny this force crushing me.
Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.
A single sentence will suffice for modern man. He fornicated and read the papers. After that vigorous definition, the subject will be, if I may say so, exhausted.
At times I feel myself overtaken by an immense tenderness for these people around me who live in the same century.
I knew I wanted to write novels, but I could not finish what I started. The closer I got, the more ways I'd find to screw it up.
Getting out of bed is like the foundation of the discipline, and I think it carries over into everything else.
My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.
When your failures surround you, and all the open doors have closed, look up. Thereβs a door that never closes, a way, when all the other ways have failed you.
My story isn't over... This is just a new part of my life. My baby is going to be in the stands - hopefully cheering for me and not crying too much!
Enthusiasm is contagious, and the person who has it, under control, is generally welcome in any group of people.
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