“In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.”

A human being is a deciding being.

Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.

Success is total self-acceptance.

Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.

Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be.

For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.

No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.

Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.

The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.

When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.

What is to give light must endure burning.

The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.

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

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.

Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.

Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That’s in your power.

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.

Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.

Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.

It is wrong to be sorry without ceasing.

We need others. We need others to love and we need to be loved by them. There is no doubt that without it, we too like the infant left alone, would cease to grow, cease to develop, choose madness, and even death.

A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.