How can we dare to predict the behavior of man? We may predict the movements of a machine, of an automaton; more than this, we many even try to predict the mechanisms or "dynamisms" of the human psyche as well. But man is more than psyche.

Between stimulus and response is the freedom to choose.

Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it - likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.

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

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

Humor was another of the soul's weapons in the fight for self-preservation.

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.