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Suffering 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…
- 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.
- I became acquainted with those martyrs whose behavior in camp, whose suffering and death, bore witness to the fact that the last inner freedom cannot…
- What will it matter to him if he notices that he is growing old? Has he any reason to envy the young people whom he…
- Once an individual's search for meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with suffering
- Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.
- 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…
- Despair is suffering without meaning.
- 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…
- 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…
- This is the core of the human spirit ... If we can find something to live for - if we can find some meaning to…
- When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer... his unique opportunity lies in the way he bears his burden.
- To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
- In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
- But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to…
- Usually, to be sure, man considers only the stubble field of transitoriness and overlooks the full granaries of the past, wherein he had salvaged once…
- The incurable sufferer is given very little opportunity to be proud of his suffering and to consider it ennobling rather than degrading" so that "he…
- If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
- Here lies the chance for a man either to make use of or to forgo the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult…
- The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives…
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- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a… — Dalai Lama
- Heart-suffering because of sin is the best proof that the Holy Spirit dwells in your heart. — Johann Arndt
- God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine
- The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I… — Teresa of Avila