"An American woman once confronted me with the reproach, “How can you still write some of your books in German, Adolf Hitler’s language?” In response… - Viktor Frankl

Questions about the meaning of life can never be answered by sweeping statements. “Life” does not mean something vague, but something very real and concrete, just as life’s tasks are also very real and concrete. They form man’s destiny, which is different and unique for each individual. No man and no destiny can be compared with any other man or any other destiny. No situation repeats itself, and each situation calls for a different response.

Those who know how close the connection is between the state of mind of a man — his courage and hope, or lack of them — and the state of immunity of his body will understand that the sudden loss of hope and courage can have a deadly effect.

But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.