One should not search for an abstract meaning of life ... Life can be made meaningful in a threefold way: first, through what we give to life ... second, by what we take from the world ... third, through the stand we take toward a fate we no longer can change.

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

For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one’s predicament into a human achievement.

Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them.

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.

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

Set me like a seal upon thy heart, love is as strong as death.