A human being is a deciding being.

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.

A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the "why" for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any "how."

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being until he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized. Furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize these potentialities. By making him aware of what he can be and what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true.

Sleep [is like] a dove which has landed near one's hand and stays there as long as one does not pay any attention to it.

Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.