Fear May Come True That Which One

I Understood How A Man Who Has Nothing Left In This World May Still Know Bliss, Be It Only For A Brief Moment, In The Contemplation Of His Beloved. In A Position Of Utter Desolation, When A Man Cannot Express Himself In Positive Action, When His Only Achievement May Consist In Enduring His Sufferings In The Right Way - An Honorable Way - In Such A Position Man Can, Through Loving Contemplation Of The Image He Carries Of His Beloved, Achieve Fulfillment.

As A Professor In Two Fields, Neurology And Psychiatry, I Am Fully Aware Of The Extent To Which Man Is Subject To Biological, Psychological And Sociological Conditions. But In Addition To Being A Professor In Two Fields I Am A Survivor Of Four Camps - Concentration Camps, That Is - And As Such I Also Bear Witness To The Unexpected Extent To Which Man Is Capable Of Defying And Braving Even The Worst Conditions Conceivable.

Either Belief In God Is Unconditional Or It Is No Belief At All.

Now, It Is My Contention That The Deneuroticization Of Humanity Requires A Rehumanization Of Psychotherapy.

The Way In Which A Man Accepts His Fate And All The Suffering It Entails, The Way In Which He Takes Up His Cross, Gives Him Ample Opportunity — Even Under The Most Difficult Circumstances — To Add A Deeper Meaning To His Life. It May Remain Brave, Dignified And Unselfish. Or In The Bitter Fight For Self Preservation He May Forget His Human Dignity And Become No More Than An Animal