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.
VIKTOR FRANKLThere was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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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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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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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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Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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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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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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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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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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What is to give light must endure burning.
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There was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
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Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be.
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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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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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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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