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.
VIKTOR FRANKLIt is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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What is to give light must endure burning.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.
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In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.
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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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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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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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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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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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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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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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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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