Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.

The last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features.

Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him—mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp.

I do the unpleasant tasks before I do the pleasant ones.

When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose ones attitude in any given circumstance.