Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. Man's Search For Meaning

Every woman while she would be ready to die of shame if surprised in the act of generation, nonetheless carries her pregnancy without a trace of shame and indeed with a kind of pride. The reason is that pregnancy is in a certain sense a cancellation of the guilt incurred by coitus; thus coitus bears all the shame and disgrace of the affair, while pregnancy, which is so intimately associated with it, stays pure and innocent and is indeed to some extent sacred. Essays and Aphorisms

The meaning of my life is to help others find meaning in theirs. Man's Search For Meaning

All human societies contain inventive people. It’s just that some environments provide more starting materials, and more favorable conditions for utilizing inventions, than do other environments. Guns, Germs And Steel