Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLEvery human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
More Viktor E. Frankl Quotes
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Once an individual’s search for meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with suffering
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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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When we are not any lengthier capable to alter a predicament, we’re challenged to alter ourselves
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There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.
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Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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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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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 is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.
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At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence.
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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved.
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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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For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself.
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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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