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> [“The experiences of camp life show that man does have a choice of action… There were enough examples, often of a heroic nature, which proved that apathy could be overcome, irritability suppressed. Man can preserve a vestige of spiritual freedom,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/the-experiences-of-camp-life-show-that-man-does-have-a-choice-of/)

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> [“Each of us has his own inner concentration camp... We must deal with, with forgiveness and patience-as full human beings, as we are and what we will become.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/each-of-us-has-his-own-inner-concentration-camp-we-must-deal-with/)

[Viktor Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-frankl/)

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## Other authors on Concentration camp

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## More by Viktor Frankl

> [“The experiences of camp life show that man does have a choice of action… There were enough examples, often of a heroic nature, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/the-experiences-of-camp-life-show-that-man-does-have-a-choice-of/)

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> [Being tolerant does not mean that I share another ones belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another ones right to believe, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/being-tolerant-does-not-mean-that-i-share-another-ones-belief-but-it/)

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> [“Each of us has his own inner concentration camp... We must deal with, with forgiveness and patience-as full human beings, as we are and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/each-of-us-has-his-own-inner-concentration-camp-we-must-deal-with/)

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> [Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/everyone-has-his-own-specific-vocation-or-mission-in-life-everyone/)

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> [Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life¦ Therein he cannot be reíplaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyones task…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/everyone-has-his-own-specific-vocation-or-mission-in-life-therein-he/)

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> [“Precisely this one, which I had intended to be published anonymously so that it could never build any reputation on the part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/precisely-this-one-which-i-had-intended-to-be-published-anonymously/)

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> [“Wouldn't it suffice just to refer to decent people? It is true that they form a minority. More than that, they always will remain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/wouldn-t-it-suffice-just-to-refer-to-decent-people-it-is-true-that/)

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> [“If you treat people to a vision of themselves, if you apparently overrate them, you make them become what they are capable of becoming.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/if-you-treat-people-to-a-vision-of-themselves-if-you-apparently/)

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> [“Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/live-as-if-you-were-living-already-for-the-second-time-and-as-if-you-2/)

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> [“What was really needed was a fundamental change in our attitude toward life. We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/what-was-really-needed-was-a-fundamental-change-in-our-attitude-2/)

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> [“What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal, a freely chosen task. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/what-man-actually-needs-is-not-a-tensionless-state-but-rather-the-2/)

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> [“Man does not simply exist, but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment..”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/man-does-not-simply-exist-but-always-decides-what-his-existence-will-2/)

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> [“This uniqueness and singleness which distinguishes each individual and gives a meaning to his existence has a bearing on creative work as much as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/this-uniqueness-and-singleness-which-distinguishes-each-individual-2/)

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> [“We have absolutely no control over what happens to us in life but what we have paramount control over is how we respond to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/we-have-absolutely-no-control-over-what-happens-to-us-in-life-but/)

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> [“Human potential at its best is to transform a tragedy into a personal triumph, to turn one's predicament into a human achievement.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/human-potential-at-its-best-is-to-transform-a-tragedy-into-a-personal/)

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