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.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLLove goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in its spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.
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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Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered.
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The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.
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We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life.
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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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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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View life as a series of movie frames, the ending and meaning may not be apparent until the very end of the movie, and yet, each of the hundreds of individual frames has meaning within the context of the whole movie.
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Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him-mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp.
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Having been is also a kind of being, and perhaps the surest kind.
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What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.
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It said to me, ‘I am here — I am here — I am life, eternal life.’
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In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
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Man is capable of changing the world for the better if possible, and of changing himself for the better if necessary.
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Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
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No one can take from us the ability to choose our attitudes toward the circumstances in which we find ourselves. This is the last of human freedoms.
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