...being human always points, and is directed, to something, or someone, other than oneself—be it meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter. The more one forgets himself—by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love—the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself.... What is called self-actualization is not an attainable aim at all, for the simple reason that the more one would strive for it, the more he would miss it. In other words, self-actualization is possible only as a side-effect of self-transcendence.

Once an individual's search for meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with suffering

The meaning of my life is to help others find meaning in theirs.

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.

For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.

If we take a man as he is, we make him worse, but if we take man as he should be we make him capable of becoming what he can be.

Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.