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

In a last violent protest against the hopelessness of imminent death, I sensed my spirit piercing through the enveloping gloom. I felt it transcend that hopeless, meaningless world, and from somewhere I heard a victorious "Yes" in answer to my question of the existence of an ultimate purpose. At that moment a light was lit in a distant farmhouse, which stood on the horizon as if painted there, in the midst of the miserable gray of a dawning morning in Bavaria. "Et lux in tenebris lucet"-and the light shineth in the darkness.

When we are not any lengthier capable to alter a predicament, we're challenged to alter ourselves

I try to do everything as soon as possible, and not at the last moment. This ensures that, when I am overburdened with work, I will not face the added pressure of knowing that something is still to be done.

Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered.

Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.