Today's Beautiful Gem: "Inner Freedom" by Albert Camus

"There is not a single true work of art
that has not in the end
added to the inner freedom of each person
who has known and loved it.
Yes, that is the freedom I am praising
and it is what helps me through life.
An artist may make a success
or a failure of his work.
He may make a success
or a failure of his life.
But if he can tell himself that,
finally, as a result of his long effort,
he has eased or decreased
the various forms of bondage
weighing upon men, then in a sense
he is justified and, to some extent,
he can forgive himself.

Om Santih! Peace! - J. K. Mohana Rao

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