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Man Quotes by Viktor E. Frankl
- When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task. . . . He…
- Man ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education towards the ability to decide
- Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is…
- Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
- At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence.
- 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…
- As such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable,
- Those who know how close the connection is between the state of mind of a man-his courage and hope, or lack of them-and the state…
- Man's inner strength may raise him above his outward faith.
- Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.
- [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…
- I would say that our patients never really despair because of any suffering in itself! Instead, their despair stems in each instance from a doubt…
- These tasks, and therefore the meaning of life, differ from man to man, and from moment to moment. Thus it is impossible to define the…
- Ultimate freedom is a man's right to choose his attitude.
- A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes-within the limits of endowment…
- How can we dare to predict the behavior of man? We may predict the movements of a machine, of an automaton; more than this, we…
- In psychiatry there is a certain condition known as delusion of reprieve. The condemned man, immediately before his execution, gets the illusion that he might…
- I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world may still know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the…
- Man's search for meaning is the primary motivation in his life and not a "secondary rationalization" of instinctual drives. This meaning is unique and specific…
- Man's last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation
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- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- A man can die but once. — William Shakespeare
- Government has come to be a trade, and is managed solely on commercial principles. A man plunges into politics to make his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle