Having been is also a kind of being, and perhaps the surest kind.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLHere 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.
More Viktor E. Frankl Quotes
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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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Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.
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One can choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.
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Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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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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The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.
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It said to me, ‘I am here — I am here — I am life, eternal life.’
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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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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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View your life from your funeral, looking back at your life experiences, what have you accomplished? What would you have wanted to accomplish but didn’t? What were the happy moments? What were the sad? What would you do again, and what you wouldn’t
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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 quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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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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