Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual.

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

Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality

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

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

Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it - likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.

We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.

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

It is here that we encounter the central theme of existentialism: to live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering.

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

Self-actualization cannot be attained if it is made an end in itself, but only as a side effect of self-transcendence.

An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.

The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.

This is the core of the human spirit ... If we can find something to live for - if we can find some meaning to put at the center of our lives - even the worst kind of suffering becomes bearable.

To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.

The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing

Each of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life.

The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.

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

Ultimate freedom is a man's right to choose his attitude.

Despair is suffering without meaning.

God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies

View life as a series of movie frames, the ending and meaning may not be apparent until the very end of the movie, and yet, each of the hundreds of individual frames has meaning within the context of the whole movie.

Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.