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Quote of the day by Albert Camus: 'One must imagine Sisyphus happy...' What a man pushing the same rock up a mountain forever can teach you about work, failure, frustration, freedom and the search for happiness

Motivational quote today: Every morning, millions of people wake up to the same alarm, travel the same roads, complete familiar tasks and repeat the routine the next day. When life becomes a cycle of work, responsibilities and deadlines, it can be tempting to wonder whether there is any deeper meaning behind the repetition.

French philosopher and writer Albert Camus explored precisely this feeling in his 1942 philosophical essay The Myth of Sisyphus. His famous conclusion: “One must imagine Sisyphus happy,” offers a striking way of looking at difficult and repetitive parts of life.

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