Man is capable of changing the world for the better if possible, and of changing himself for the better if necessary.

Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.

Sleep [is like] a dove which has landed near one's hand and stays there as long as one does not pay any attention to it.

Between stimulus and response is the freedom to choose.

If architects want to strengthen a decrepit arch, they increase the load which is laid upon it, for thereby the parts are joined more firmly together. So if therapists wish to foster their patients' mental health, they should not be afraid to increase that load through a reorientation toward the meaning of one's life.

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

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