When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
VIKTOR FRANKLDespair is suffering without meaning.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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A human being is a deciding being.
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Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be.
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A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
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Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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Each of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life.
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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
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The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.
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So live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!
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There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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