“Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.”

“There were in life rarely, if ever, "right" decisions, never perfect ones, only the best to be made under the circumstances.”

“Humans need their lives to make sense and to have meaning and purpose. Lack of meaning and purpose can override both the natural pace of progression to death and the instinctive struggle for life. People may sacrifice their lives in order to achieve meaning and purpose, or they may commit suicide in order to avoid meaninglessness. The role of medicine here is to expose false beliefs for which people may sacrifice themselves, and to help find realistic meanings that make life worthwhile.”

“But religions are only temporarily successful attempts to cope with the lack of meaning in life; they are not permanent answers.”

“The true meaning and purpose of life is to give some meaning and purpose to your life.”

“Life truly is what you make it. The purpose and meaning of life is the purpose and meaning that you give it.”