Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
VIKTOR FRANKLPain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
VIKTOR FRANKLMan’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
VIKTOR FRANKLThe salvation of man is through love and in love.
VIKTOR FRANKLOur greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
VIKTOR FRANKLForces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
VIKTOR FRANKLLife asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be.
VIKTOR FRANKLWhen a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
VIKTOR FRANKLSpiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
VIKTOR FRANKLA human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
VIKTOR FRANKLThere 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.
VIKTOR FRANKLEach of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life.
VIKTOR FRANKLIn times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.
VIKTOR FRANKLBeing tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.
VIKTOR FRANKLEither belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
VIKTOR FRANKLThe one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
VIKTOR FRANKLNo man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
VIKTOR FRANKL