Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
VIKTOR FRANKLDecisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
VIKTOR FRANKLLove 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.
VIKTOR FRANKLI do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
VIKTOR FRANKLForces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
VIKTOR FRANKLA human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
VIKTOR FRANKLThose who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
VIKTOR FRANKLThere are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.
VIKTOR FRANKLLive as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
VIKTOR FRANKLEverything 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.
VIKTOR FRANKLYou don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
VIKTOR FRANKLOur greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
VIKTOR FRANKLHappiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
VIKTOR FRANKLLife is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
VIKTOR FRANKLLove 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.
VIKTOR FRANKLDespair is suffering without meaning.
VIKTOR FRANKLMan 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.
VIKTOR FRANKL