Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.

It is true that we can see the therapist as a technician only if we have first viewed the patient as some sort of machine.

When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task. . . . He will have to acknowledge the fact that even in suffering he is unique and alone in the universe. No one can relieve him of his suffering or suffer in his place. His unique opportunity lies in the way in which he bears his burden.

Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be

...to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life-daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct.

Man ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education towards the ability to decide

Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.