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.
VIKTOR FRANKLIn times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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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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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
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What is to give light must endure burning.
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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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So live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!
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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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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his 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.
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
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Success is total self-acceptance.
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Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
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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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Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
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Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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