It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds.

Those who know how close the connection is between the state of mind of a man-his courage and hope, or lack of them-and the state of immunity of his body will understand that the sudden loss of hope and courage can have a deadly effect. The ultimate cause of my friend's death was that the expected liberation did not come and he was severely disappointed.

Only to the extent that someone is living out this self transcendence of human existence, is he truly human or does he become his true self. He becomes so, not by concerning himself with his self's actualization, but by forgetting himself and giving himself, overlooking himself and focusing outward.

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.

If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.

Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.

It said to me, 'I am here — I am here — I am life, eternal life.'