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.
The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.
Humans are built for endurance, not speed. We're awful sprinters compared to every other animal. We try to run our races as if they were speed races, but they are not. They're endurance races. Even a marathon, the way it's run now, it's not an endurance contest.
I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.
Dream long enough and dream hard enough you will come to know dreaming can make it so.
It's difficult to excel at something you don't truly enjoy.
All good men and women must take responsibility to create legacies that will take the next generation to a level we could only imagine.
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