We dislike talking about our experiences. No explanations are needed for those who have been inside, and the others will understand neither how we felt then nor how we feel now.

You can take away my wife, you can take away my children, you can strip me of my clothes and my freedom, but there is one thing no person can ever take away from me - and that is my freedom to choose how I will react to what happens to me!

It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.

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

Success is total self-acceptance.

Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them.

Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life.