568 Quotes by Viktor E. Frankl



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    No-one will be able to make us believe that man is a sublimated animal once we can show that within him there is a repressed angel.

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    There are two races of men in this world, but only these two–the 'race' of the decent man and the 'race' of the indecent man. Both are found everywhere; they penetrate into all groups of society. No group consists entirely of decent or indecent people.

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    We all said...that there could be no earthly happiness which could compensate for all we had suffered. We were not hoping for happiness ‒ it was not that which gave us courage and gave meaning to our suffering, our sacrifices and our dying. And yet we were not prepared for unhappiness.

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    Don’t aim at success—the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue…as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a course greater than oneself.

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