What I Write About

I write these essays to document my intellectual quest to better understand the constituent elements that render our lives good, beautiful, and meaningful.

Archive of Essays

Albert Camus on Finding Joy in an Absurd Life

"The lucidity that was to constitute his torture at the same time crowns his victory."

Fyodor Dostoevsky on Heightened Consciousness

"How can a man of consciousness have the slightest respect for himself?"

Viktor E. Frankl on Embracing Life in the Face of Adversity

"Happiness should not, must not, and can never be a goal, but only an outcome."

Leo Tolstoy on Finding Meaning in Our Meaningless World

"The true office of faith is to give a meaning to life which death cannot destroy."

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