As a professor in two fields, neurology and psychiatry, I am fully aware of the extent to which man is subject to biological, psychological and sociological conditions. But in addition to being a professor in two fields I am a survivor of four camps - concentration camps, that is - and as such I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.

Somewhere I heard a victorious "Yes" in answer to my question of the existence of ultimate purpose.

The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing

It is true that we can see the therapist as a technician only if we have first viewed the patient as some sort of machine.

We cannot, after all, judge a biography by its length, by the number of pages in it; we must judge by the richness of the contents...Sometimes the 'unfinisheds' are among the most beautiful symphonies.

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.

Having been is also a kind of being, and perhaps the surest kind.