Transcending Thought
Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of bitterest pain if our will remains firm and submissive.
Quotes by Viktor Frankl
To Choose One's Own Way
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
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A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the "why" for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any "how".
The Highest Goal
A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth -- that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of the human freedoms–to choose one''s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one''s own way.
