Sunday neurosis, that kind of depression which afflicts people who become aware of the lack of content in their lives when the rush of the busy week is over and the void within themselves becomes manifest.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLLove goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved.
More Viktor E. Frankl Quotes
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We cannot, after all, judge a biography by its length, by the number of pages in it; we must judge by the richness of the contents…Sometimes the ‘unfinisheds’ are among the most beautiful symphonies.
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The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.
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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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Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.
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Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him-mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp.
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What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.
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No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
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But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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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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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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No one can take from us the ability to choose our attitudes toward the circumstances in which we find ourselves. This is the last of human freedoms.
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Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life.
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The incurable sufferer is given very little opportunity to be proud of his suffering and to consider it ennobling rather than degrading” so that “he is not only unhappy, but also ashamed of being unhappy.
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