Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Read Summary
Man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those chambers upright, with the Lord's Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips. Read Summary
Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time. Read Summary
A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the 'why' for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any 'how.' Read Summary
Faith is trust in ultimate meaning. Read Summary
Religion is the search for ultimate meaning. Read Summary
I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast. Read Summary
A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life, I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth - that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. Read Summary
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives. Read Summary
When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves. Read Summary