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

Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.

As such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.

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.

The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives him ample opportunity — even under the most difficult circumstances — to add a deeper meaning to his life. It may remain brave, dignified and unselfish. Or in the bitter fight for self preservation he may forget his human dignity and become no more than an animal

Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.

I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long run- in the long run, I say! - success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think of it.