No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.

Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

Man's last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.

Ultimately, we are not subject to the conditions that confront us; rather, these conditions are subject to our decision ... we must decide whether we will face up or give in, whether or not we will let ourselves be determined by the conditions.

Suffering presents us with a challenge: to find our goals and purpose in our lives that make even the worst situation worth living through.