If we take a man as he is, we make him worse, but if we take man as he should be we make him capable of becoming what he can be.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLBeing 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.
More Viktor E. Frankl Quotes
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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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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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved.
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Having been is also a kind of being, and perhaps the surest kind.
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We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life.
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As the struggle for survival has subsided, the question has emerged: survival for what? Ever more people have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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This is the core of the human spirit … If we can find something to live for – if we can find some meaning to put at the center of our lives – even the worst kind of suffering becomes bearable.
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Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy – it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself.
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Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn.
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It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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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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Ultimately, we are not subject to the conditions that confront us; rather, these conditions are subject to our decision … we must decide whether we will face up or give in, whether or not we will let ourselves be determined by the conditions.
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Thus, human existence-at least as long as it has not been neurotically distorted-is always directed to something, or someone, other than itself, be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter lovingly.
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