Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLNo man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
More Viktor E. Frankl Quotes
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It is here that we encounter the central theme of existentialism: to live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering.
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…to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life-daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct.
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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
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What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.
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Sunday neurosis, that kind of depression which afflicts people who become aware of the lack of content in their lives when the rush of the busy week is over and the void within themselves becomes manifest.
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The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.
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One can choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.
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It is this spiritual freedom – which cannot be taken away – that makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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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.
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The last freedom is choosing your attitude.
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A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the “why” for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any “how.”
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The more one forgives himself – by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love – the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself.
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It said to me, ‘I am here — I am here — I am life, eternal life.’
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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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