Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Ultimately, we are not subject to the conditions that confront us; rather, these conditions are subject to our decision ... we must decide whether we will face up or give in, whether or not we will let ourselves be determined by the conditions.

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.

Because of social pressure, individualism is rejected by most people in favor of conformity. Thus the individual relies mainly upon the actions of others and neglects the meaning of his own personal life. Hence he sees his own life as meaningless and falls into the “existential vacuum” feeling inner void. Progressive automation causes increasing alcoholism, juvenile delinquency, and suicide.

The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.

One can choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances.

Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.