Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be

It said to me, 'I am here — I am here — I am life, eternal life.'

As a professor in two fields, neurology and psychiatry, I am fully aware of the extent to which man is subject to biological, psychological and sociological conditions. But in addition to being a professor in two fields I am a survivor of four camps - concentration camps, that is - and as such I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.

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.

Love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.