We Needed To Stop Asking

In Times Of Crisis, People Reach For Meaning. Meaning Is Strength. Our Survival May Depend On Our Seeking And Finding It.

It Is Here That We Encounter The Central Theme Of Existentialism: To Live Is To Suffer, To Survive Is To Find Meaning In The Suffering.

The Attempt To Develop A Sense Of Humor And To See Things In A Humorous Light Is Some Kind Of A Trick Learned While Mastering The Art Of Living.

I Shall Never Forget How I Was Roused One Night By The Groans Of A Fellow Prisoner, Who Threw Himself About In His Sleep, Obviously Having A Horrible Nightmare. Since I Had Always Been Especially Sorry For People Who Suffered From Fearful Dreams Or Deliria, I Wanted To Wake The Poor Man. Suddenly I Drew Back The Hand Which Was Ready To Shake Him, Frightened At The Thing I Was About To Do. At That Moment I Became Intensely Conscious Of The Fact That No Dream, No Matter How Horrible, Could Be As Bad As The Reality Of The Camp Which Surrounded Us, And To Which I Was About To Recall Him.

It Is True That We Can See The Therapist As A Technician Only If We Have First Viewed The Patient As Some Sort Of Machine.