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.

For the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth - that Love is the ultimate and highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.

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.

Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

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.

A man's concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.