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 FRANKLMan’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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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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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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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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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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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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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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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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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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What is to give light must endure burning.
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