Albert Camus. Always. https://t.co/4p1FZl6Dz6
The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.
Albert Camus • The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage International)
Chaque fois que j’entends un discours politique ou que je lis ceux qui nous dirigent, je suis effrayé depuis des années de n’entendre rien qui rende un son humain. Ce sont toujours les mêmes mots qui disent les mêmes mensonges. Et que les hommes s’en accommodent, que la colère du peuple n’ait pas encore brisé les fantoches, j’y vois la preuve que l
... See moreAlbert Camus • Carnets (Tome 1) - mai 1935 - février 1942 (French Edition)

"Only silence enables us to say something unheard of. The compulsion of communication, by contrast, leads to the reproduction of the same, to conformism:
So it’s not a problem of getting people to express themselves but of providing little gaps of solitude and silence in which they might eventually find something to say. Repressive forces don’t stop... See more
So it’s not a problem of getting people to express themselves but of providing little gaps of solitude and silence in which they might eventually find something to say. Repressive forces don’t stop... See more
Vita Contemplativa
expressing stupidities to not expressing any opinion:
Jacques Ellul • Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes
by a cry from the heart are the absurd spirit itself grappling with a reality beyond its comprehension.