I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.

We cannot, after all, judge a biography by its length, by the number of pages in it; we must judge by the richness of the contents...Sometimes the 'unfinisheds' are among the most beautiful symphonies.

When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

Even if things take such a good in one of a thousand cases, who can guarantee that in your case it will not happen one day, sooner or later? But in the first place, you have to survive in order to see that day dawn, and from now on the responsibility for survival does not leave you.

To say yes to life is not only meaningful under all circumstances--because life itself is--but it is also possible under all circumstances.

If architects want to strengthen a decrepit arch, they increase the load which is laidupon it, for thereby the parts are joined more firmly together. So if therapists wish to foster theirpatients' mental health, they should not be afraid to create a sound amount of tension through areorientation toward the meaning of one's life.

(...) can life retain its potential meaning in spite of its tragic aspects? After all, 'saying yes to life in spite of everything,' (...) presupposes that life is potentially meaningful under any conditions, even those which are most miserable. And this in turn presupposes the human capacity to creatively turn life’s negative aspects into something positive or constructive. In other words, what matters is to make the best of any given situation.

We also do not judge the life history of a particular person by the number of pages in the book that portrays it but only by the richness of the content it contains.

It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to thefuture— sub specie aeternitatis. And this is his salvation in the most difficult moments of hisexistence, although he sometimes has to force his mind to the task.