When we are not any lengthier capable to alter a predicament, we're challenged to alter ourselves

The last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

There are some authors who contend that meanings and values are "nothing but defense mechanisms, reaction formations and sublimations." But as for myself, I would not be willing to live merely for the sake of my "defense mechanisms," nor would I be ready to die merely for the sake of my "reaction formations.

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

Sleep [is like] a dove which has landed near one's hand and stays there as long as one does not pay any attention to it.

It is here that we encounter the central theme of existentialism: to live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering.

Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual.