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

When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.

Because of social pressure, individualism is rejected by most people in favor of conformity. Thus the individual relies mainly upon the actions of others and neglects the meaning of his own personal life. Hence he sees his own life as meaningless and falls into the “existential vacuum” feeling inner void. Progressive automation causes increasing alcoholism, juvenile delinquency, and suicide.

Thus, human existence-at least as long as it has not been neurotically distorted-is always directed to something, or someone, other than itself, be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter lovingly.

Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.

The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.