Decisions, Not Conditions, Determine What A Man

Ironically Enough, In The Same Way That Fear Brings To Pass What One Is Afraid Of, Likewise A Forced Intention Makes Impossible What One Forcibly Wishes... Pleasure Is, And Must Remain, A Side-effect Or By-product, And Is Destroyed And Spoiled To The Degree To Which It Is Made A Goal In Itself.

For What Then Matters Is To Bear Witness To The Uniquely Human Potential At Its Best, Which Is To Transform A Personal Tragedy Into A Triumph, To Turn One’s Predicament Into A Human Achievement.

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.

In Some Ways Suffering Ceases To Be Suffering At The Moment It Finds A Meaning, Such As The Meaning Of A Sacrifice.

Nothing Is Likely To Help A Person Overcome Or Endure Troubles Than The Consciousness Of Having A Task In Life.