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

To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be happy.' But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.' Once the reason is found, however, one becomes happy automatically. As we see, a human being is not one in pursuit of happiness but rather in search of a reason to become happy, last but not least, through actualizing the potential meaning inherent and dormant in a given situation.

The salvation of man is through love and in love.

Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved.

Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.

At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence.

Happiness must ensue. It cannot be pursued