Instead of possibilities, I have realities in my past, not only the reality of work done and of love loved, but of sufferings bravely suffered. These sufferings are even the things of which I am most proud, though these are things which cannot inspire envy.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLIn his creative work the artist is dependent on sources and resources deriving from the spiritual unconscious.
More Viktor E. Frankl Quotes
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.
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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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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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A man who could not see the end of his”provisional existence” was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.
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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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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.
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The 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.
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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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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death human life cannot be complete.
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Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
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Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered.
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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