Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself.
No one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react.
The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.
Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.
Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
I never would have made it if I could not have laughed. It lifted me momentarily out of this horrible situation, just enough to make it livable.