Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.

Humor was another of the soul's weapons in the fight for self-preservation.

Man is capable of changing the world for the better if possible, and of changing himself for the better if necessary.

When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.

For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one’s predicament into a human achievement.

...being human always points, and is directed, to something, or someone, other than oneself—be it meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter. The more one forgets himself—by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love—the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself.... What is called self-actualization is not an attainable aim at all, for the simple reason that the more one would strive for it, the more he would miss it. In other words, self-actualization is possible only as a side-effect of self-transcendence.

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.