I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLInstead 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.
More Viktor E. Frankl Quotes
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The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.
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I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.
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The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.
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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 human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes-within the limits of endowment and environment-he has made out of himself.
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Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
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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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It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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Here lies the chance for a man either to make use of or to forgo the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult situation may afford him. And this decides whether he is worthy of his sufferings or not.
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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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I do the unpleasant tasks before I do the pleasant ones.
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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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Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
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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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