I think it was Lessing who once said, 'There are things which must cause you to lose your reason or you have none to lose'. An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behaviour".

An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.

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

A man's concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.

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

A man who could not see the end of his"provisional existence" was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.

Don’t aim at success—the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.

Fear makes come true that which one is afraid of.

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

Man's search for meaning is the primary motivation in his life and not a "secondary rationalization" of instinctual drives.

Take a leap of faith on your dreams, not for me and not for the society, just for yourself.

Marriage made more sense when it was indissoluble. It's the woman trying to cope with the strains of a one-parent family who will suffer most from the relaxation of the divorce laws.

People who think about art as an investment are pathetic.

People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today, ' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'

Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration

Politically, the world is so confused right now - there's so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government.

I think I'm like most novelists in that my books have gotten farther and farther away from autobiography the longer I've been writing them.

It's the cable shows that are really the most interesting - 'Mad Men,' 'Breaking Bad,' those shows are really the premiere shows on television right now.

Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You’re looking at double work.

We should resist the temptation to identify our religious convictions with the platform of a party or the platitudes of favored politicians.