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.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLBut 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.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLSuccess, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLA human being is a deciding being.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLNo one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLGod is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies
VIKTOR E. FRANKLThese tasks, and therefore the meaning of life, differ from man to man, and from moment to moment. Thus it is impossible to define the meaning in life in a general way.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLThe last of human freedoms – the ability to chose one’s attitude especially an attitude of gratitude in a given set of circumstances especially in difficult circumstances.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLDespair is suffering without meaning.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLNo 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.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLChallenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLOur main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLThe struggle for existence is a struggle ‘for’ something; it is purposeful and only in so being is it meaningful and able to bring meaning into life.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLIt is always important to have something yet to do in life.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLYou don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLMan ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education towards the ability to decide
VIKTOR E. FRANKLBut my mind clung to my wife’s image, imagining it with an uncanny acuteness. I heard her answering me, saw her smile, her frank and encouraging look. Real or not, her look then was more luminous than the sun which was beginning to rise.
VIKTOR E. FRANKL