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> [“You may of course ask whether we really need to refer to "saints". 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 a minority. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-emil-frankl/you-may-of-course-ask-whether-we-really-need-to-refer-to-saints/)

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

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## More by Viktor Emil Frankl

> [“You may of course ask whether we really need to refer to "saints". Wouldn't it suffice just to refer to decent people? It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-emil-frankl/you-may-of-course-ask-whether-we-really-need-to-refer-to-saints/)

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

> [“The third aspect of the tragic triad concerns death. But it concerns life as well, for at any time each of the moments of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-emil-frankl/the-third-aspect-of-the-tragic-triad-concerns-death-but-it-concerns/)

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

> [“This emphasis on responsibleness is reflected in the categorical imperative of logotherapy, which is: "Live as if you were living already for the second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-emil-frankl/this-emphasis-on-responsibleness-is-reflected-in-the-categorical/)

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

> [“At the beginning of human history, man lost some of the basic animal instincts in which an animal's behavior is embedded and by which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-emil-frankl/at-the-beginning-of-human-history-man-lost-some-of-the-basic-animal/)

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

> [“Can you tell me in one sentence what is meant by logotherapy?" he asked. "At least, what is the difference between psychoanalysis and logotherapy?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-emil-frankl/can-you-tell-me-in-one-sentence-what-is-meant-by-logotherapy-he-asked/)

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

> [“Armastus on ülim eesmärk, milleni inimene võib jõuda.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-emil-frankl/armastus-on-lim-eesm-rk-milleni-inimene-v-ib-j-uda/)

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

> [“Thus it can be seen that mental health is based on a certain degree of tension, the tension between what one has already achieved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-emil-frankl/thus-it-can-be-seen-that-mental-health-is-based-on-a-certain-degree/)

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

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