It takes more courage to make an end than to make a new verse: all physicians and poets know that. Thus Spoke Zarathustra

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known. A Tale of Two Cities

“It is an iron rule of history that what looks inevitable in hindsight was far from obvious at the time.” Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

To be sure, man's search for meaning may arouse inner tension rather than inner equilibrium. However, precisely such tension is an indispensable prerequisite of mental health. There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge that there is a meaning in one's life. There is much wisdom in the words of Nietzsche: "He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how Man's Search For Meaning