Description: In the excitement, we had completely forgotten about the third body. So we carried it outside and pushed it into the narrow grave we had dug. The guard accompanying us, who was relatively less harsh than others, suddenly became very gentle. Sensing that circumstances had shifted, he tried hard to win our favor. Before covering the body with soil, we suggested offering a prayer for the deceased, and he joined us in prayer. After spending so long in tension and excitement, our prayer for peace before our fellow prisoner's corpse burned hotter than any prayer ever offered by a human voice. — "The Last Day in the Camp" Even so, there was no need to be ashamed of shedding tears. Tears mean that a person has tremendous courage—the courage to accept suffering. Only a very few people realized this. Some confessed, shamefacedly, that they had cried. Once I asked a fellow prisoner suffering from edema how he had recovered. He answered, "I cried it all out of my system." — "How Much Suffering Must Be Endured" If suffering can be avoided—whether psychological, physical, or political—removing the cause of that suffering is the meaningful action a person should take. Enduring unnecessary pain is not heroism but merely self-abuse. — "The Meaning of Suffering" In the concentration camp, which was a living human laboratory and testing ground, I saw some people behave like saints while others behaved like swine. Every person carries both potentials within, and which one is chosen depends entirely on that person's own will. — "Psychiatry with a Human Face" I think of the young people who call themselves a generation "without a future." This is not a phenomenon limited to one country but a universal one appearing worldwide. Everyone knows that what such young people turn to for comfort is not cigarettes but drugs. — "Optimism in the Midst of Tragedy"