To draw an analogy: a man's suffering is similar to the behavior of a gas. If a certain quantity of gas is pumped into an empty chamber, it will fill the chamber completely and evenly, no matter how big the chamber. Thus suffering completely fills the human soul and conscious mind, no matter whether the suffering is great or little. Therefore the "size" of human suffering is absolutely relative.

An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.

In his creative work the artist is dependent on sources and resources deriving from the spiritual unconscious.

Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.

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.