Albert Camus

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Tell Me, Camus, About Love

A Few Words of Inspiration

Sylvia Wohlfarth
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3 min readFeb 21, 2021

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“You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.” Albert Camus

A comfort to my mind and soul you impart in me, Albert, the magnitude of love and the glory of kindness in a wearisome world.

Your observations from the heart walk side by side with a duty to love, no distance apart.

I find the power of unequivocal love in the depth of your reflections as you whisper in my ear that it is merely bad luck not to be loved — but not loving is a misfortune.

I take this as meaning that in the grand scheme of things, loving ourselves and others sows the synergy we desire.

I heed your words of warning,

Violence and hatred dry up the heart itself; the long fight for justice exhausts the love.

Resilience fuelled by the empathy of kindness and a love so strong reduces you to tears of compassion but not to tears of pain or persecution. These, on the contrary, only reinforce your spirit and resolution — Thoughts from your last and unfinished book, The Last Man, which inspire me.

Happiness, Albert, is innate in me, not something I need to seek. It is the simplicity of whiling in harmony with my…

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Sylvia Wohlfarth
Sylvia Wohlfarth

Written by Sylvia Wohlfarth

An Irish-Nigerian soul living in Ireland after 40 years in Germany. A social anthropologist, English teacher, and more. With stories to share; and an opinion…

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