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

In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.

It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.

It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.

Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.

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.

We cannot, after all, judge a biography by its length, by the number of pages in it; we must judge by the richness of the contents...Sometimes the 'unfinisheds' are among the most beautiful symphonies.