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

A man who could not see the end of his"provisional existence" was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.

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

Somewhere I heard a victorious "Yes" in answer to my question of the existence of ultimate purpose.

Most men in a concentration camp believed that the real opportunities of life had passed. Yet, in reality, there was an opportunity and a challenge. One could make a victory of those experiences, turning life into an inner triumph, or one could ignore the challenge and simply vegetate, as did a majority of the prisoners.

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