“The meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour.”
“In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning.”
“Man is capable of changing the world for the better if possible, and of changing himself for the better if necessary.”
“Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.”
“Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn.”
“No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.”
“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.”
“What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal.”
“The salvation of man is through love and in love.”
“It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us.”
“Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.”
“Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.”
“Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.”
“An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.”
“The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction.”
“Nature is our kindest friend and best critic in experimental science if we only allow her intimations to fall unbiased on our minds.”
“Learn that which is already known to others, and then by the light and methods which belong to science … learn for ourselves and for others.”
“I have far more confidence in the one man who works mentally and bodily at a matter than in the six who merely talk about it.”
“A man who makes assertions, or draws conclusions, regarding any given case, ought to be competent to investigate it.”
“Nothing is so good as an experiment which, whilst it sets an error right, will give the true experiment which ought to be believed.”