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.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLUltimately, 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.
More Viktor E. Frankl Quotes
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In his creative work the artist is dependent on sources and resources deriving from the spiritual unconscious.
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It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.
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The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.
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I do the unpleasant tasks before I do the pleasant ones.
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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 quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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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.
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Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it – likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.
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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. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose ones attitude in any given circumstance.
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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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Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
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You can take away my wife, you can take away my children, you can strip me of my clothes and my freedom, but there is one thing no person can ever take away from me – and that is my freedom to choose how I will react to what happens to me!
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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One should not search for an abstract meaning of life … Life can be made meaningful in a threefold way: first, through what we give to life … second, by what we take from the world … third, through the stand we take toward a fate we no longer can change.
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