For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.
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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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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A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
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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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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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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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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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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of 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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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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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’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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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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Success is total self-acceptance.
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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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