Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

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

Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one's belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one's right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.

I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair.

Man's last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation

We had to learn...that it did not really matter what we expected from life but rather what life expected from us.