Quote by Albert Camus: “One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”

Even when life feels like endless, futile struggle — like rolling a boulder up a hill only to watch it fall — choosing to find meaning in the effort itself is a form of rebellion against despair. Happiness is a decision, not a reward.

Camus published The Myth of Sisyphus in 1942, while France was under Nazi occupation during World War II. The question of how to live meaningfully in the face of absurdity and suffering was not merely philosophical — it was a lived reality for millions across occupied Europe.

French-Algerian novelist, philosopher, and Nobel laureate who developed the philosophy of absurdism — the idea that humans must confront a universe that offers no inherent meaning. His novel The Stranger and essay The Myth of Sisyphus are among the defining works of twentieth-century thought.