To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
VIKTOR FRANKLMan’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.
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Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.
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Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, we are always free to choose our thoughts.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
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A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment.
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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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Success is total self-acceptance.
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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What is to give light must endure burning.
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