Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
VIKTOR FRANKLThe 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.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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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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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, we are always free to choose our thoughts.
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.
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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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