Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.

The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.

The struggle for existence is a struggle 'for' something; it is purposeful and only in so being is it meaningful and able to bring meaning into life.

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

What was really needed was a fundamental change in our attitude toward life. We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us.

The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.

I never would have made it if I could not have laughed. It lifted me momentarily out of this horrible situation, just enough to make it livable.