Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLAs such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.
More Viktor E. Frankl Quotes
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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It said to me, ‘I am here — I am here — I am life, eternal life.’
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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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Man’s last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation
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What was really needed was a fundamental change in our attitude toward life. We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us.
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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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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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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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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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The last freedom is choosing your attitude.
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Man ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education towards the ability to decide
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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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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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It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds.
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