Quote by Viktor E. Frankl Download Open image ““To Suffer unnecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.”” — Viktor E. Frankl ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“If it is avoidable, the meaningful thing to do is to remove its cause, for unnecessary suffering is masochistic rather than heroic.” — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“I only insist that meaning is possible even in spite of suffering—provided, certainly, that the suffering is unavoidable. If it were avoidable, however, the… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“There is something heroic about a person in struggle with herself, strained on the rack of conscience, suffering torments, yet staying alive and growing… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“Inaction is cowardice, but there can be no scholar without he heroic mind.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“that the endurance of suffering alone, without desire, was not sufficient to punish a fault.” — Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
“even though we do not want to suffer we create our own suffering by performing non-virtuous actions.” — Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
“...for a novel need not be full of sorrow just because its heroes are suffering.” — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“Excessive suffering brings with it a kind of dull insensibility and stupor....” — Émile Gaboriau Copy Share Image
“But surely even heroes weary lugging around the burdens of their heroism.” — J.H. Trumble Copy Share Image
“We praise heroes as though they are rare, and yet we are always ready to blame another man for lack of heroism.” — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“In the past, nothing is irretrievably lost, but rather, on the contrary, everything is irrevocably stored and treasured. To be sure, people tend to… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer... his unique opportunity lies in the way he bears his burden. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“A positive attitude enables a person to endure suffering and disappointment as well as enhance enjoyment and satisfaction. A negative attitude intensifies pain and… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Man's last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
In a last violent protest against the hopelessness of imminent death, I sensed my spirit piercing through the enveloping gloom. I felt it transcend… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one's belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one's right to believe, and… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
