A man's concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.

We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed. For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one's predicament into a human achievement. When we are no longer able to change a situation-just think of an incurable disease such as inoperable cancer-we are challenged to change ourselves.

Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.

Man's inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.

An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.

Usually, to be sure, man considers only the stubble field of transitoriness and overlooks the full granaries of the past, wherein he had salvaged once and for all his deeds, his joys and also his sufferings. Nothing can be undone, and nothing can be done away with. I should say having been is the surest kind of being.

Man's last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation