Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
VIKTOR FRANKLA man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
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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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Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, we are always free to choose our thoughts.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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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.
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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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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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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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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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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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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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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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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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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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Success is total self-acceptance.
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