As such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.

Self-actualization cannot be attained if it is made an end in itself, but only as a side effect of self-transcendence.

It is true that we can see the therapist as a technician only if we have first viewed the patient as some sort of machine.

In psychiatry there is a certain condition known as delusion of reprieve. The condemned man, immediately before his execution, gets the illusion that he might be reprieved at the very last minute. No one could yet grasp the fact that everything would be taken away. all we possessed, literally, was our naked existence.

A sound philosophy of life, I think, may be the most valuable asset for a psychiatrist to have when he is treating a patient.

A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes-within the limits of endowment and environment-he has made out of himself.

Those who know how close the connection is between the state of mind of a man-his courage and hope, or lack of them-and the state of immunity of his body will understand that the sudden loss of hope and courage can have a deadly effect. The ultimate cause of my friend's death was that the expected liberation did not come and he was severely disappointed.