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Life Quotes by Viktor E. Frankl
- Most men in a concentration camp believed that the real opportunities of life had passed. Yet, in reality, there was an opportunity and a challenge.…
- If architects want to strengthen a decrepit arch, they increase the load that is laid upon it, for thereby the parts are joined more firmly…
- We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.
- View life as a series of movie frames, the ending and meaning may not be apparent until the very end of the movie, and yet,…
- View your life from your funeral, looking back at your life experiences, what have you accomplished? What would you have wanted to accomplish but didn't?…
- What was really needed was a fundamental change in our attitude toward life. We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the…
- Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each…
- We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot…
- I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the…
- There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge…
- Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
- There is also purpose in life which is almost barren of both creation and enjoyment and which admits of but one possibility of high moral…
- You don't create your mission in life - you detect it.
- Our attitude towards what has happened to us in life is the important thing to recognize. Once hopeless, my life is now hope-full, but it…
- We had to learn...that it did not really matter what we expected from life but rather what life expected from us.
- It said to me, 'I am here — I am here — I am life, eternal life.'
- Only to the extent that someone is living out this self transcendence of human existence, is he truly human or does he become his true…
- [Speaking of his experience in a concentration camp:] As we said before, any attempt to restore a man's inner strength in the camp had first…
- Pain from problems and disappointments, etc., is inevitable in life, but suffering is a choice determined by whether you choose to compare your experience and…
- A sound philosophy of life, I think, may be the most valuable asset for a psychiatrist to have when he is treating a patient.
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle