Being 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 FRANKLThe more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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A human being is a deciding being.
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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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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
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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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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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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
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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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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment.
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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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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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.
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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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