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In that daily effort in which intelligence and passion mingle and delight each other, the absurd man discovers a discipline that will make up the greatest of his strengths. The required diligence and doggedness and

In that daily effort in which intelligence and passion mingle and delight each other, the absurd man discovers a discipline that will make up the greatest of his strengths. The required diligence and doggedness and lucidity thus resemble the conqueror's attitude. To create is likewise to give a shape to one's fate. For all these characters, their work defines them at least as much as it is defined by them. The actor taught us this: There is no frontier between being and appearing.

Albert Camus
Attitude, Character, Passion
"The Myth of Sisyphus". Book by Albert Camus, 1942.

When one has no character, one HAS to apply a method. Here it did wonders incontrovertibly, and I am living on the site of one of the greatest crimes in human history.

Albert Camus
Character, Wonder, Crime
Albert Camus (1957). “The fall”, Vintage

If man is reduced to being nothing but a character in history, he has no other choice but to subside into the sound and fury of acompletely irrational history or to endow history with the form of human reason.

Albert Camus
Character, Men, History
Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.221, Vintage

A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously.

Albert Camus
Writing, Character, May
Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.37, Vintage

O light! This the cry of all the characters of ancient drama brought face to face with their fate. This last resort was ours, too, and I knew it now. In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.

Albert Camus
Summer, Drama, Character
Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.202, Vintage

This absurd, godless world is, then, peopled with men who think clearly and have ceased to hope. And I have not yet spoken of the most absurd character, who is the creator.

Albert Camus
Character, Thinking, Men
Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.92, Vintage

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