Thus, human existence-at least as long as it has not been neurotically distorted-is always directed to something, or someone, other than itself, be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter lovingly.

As such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.

How can we dare to predict the behavior of man? We may predict the movements of a machine, of an automaton; more than this, we many even try to predict the mechanisms or "dynamisms" of the human psyche as well. But man is more than psyche.

Even though conditions such as lack of sleep, insufficient food and various mental stresses may suggest that the inmates were bound to react in certain ways, in the final analysis it becomes clear that the sort of person the prisoner became was the result of an inner decision, and not the result of camp influences alone.

Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.

We had to learn...that it did not really matter what we expected from life but rather what life expected from us.

I do the unpleasant tasks before I do the pleasant ones.