Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.

No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being until he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized. Furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize these potentialities. By making him aware of what he can be and what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true.

No one can take from us the ability to choose our attitudes toward the circumstances in which we find ourselves. This is the last of human freedoms.

When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.

No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.

To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.

A life of short duration...could be so rich in joy and love that it could contain more meaning than a life lasting eighty years.