What Is To Give Light Must Endure

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.

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. The Ultimate Cause Of My Friend's Death Was That The Expected Liberation Did Not Come And He Was Severely Disappointed.

I Understood How A Man Who Has Nothing Left In This World May Still Know Bliss, Be It Only For A Brief Moment, In The Contemplation Of His Beloved. In A Position Of Utter Desolation, When A Man Cannot Express Himself In Positive Action, When His Only Achievement May Consist In Enduring His Sufferings In The Right Way - An Honorable Way - In Such A Position Man Can, Through Loving Contemplation Of The Image He Carries Of His Beloved, Achieve Fulfillment.

We Had To Learn...that It Did Not Really Matter What We Expected From Life But Rather What Life Expected From Us.

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.