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.
VIKTOR FRANKLIt isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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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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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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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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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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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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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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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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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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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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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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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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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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