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 through love and in love.
Viktor E. FranklRead
The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude especially an attitude of gratitude in a given set of circumstances especially in difficult circumstances.
Interpretation
We have the freedom to choose our attitude and perspective, even in challenging situations.
This quote emphasizes the profound power that individuals possess in choosing their own attitudes, particularly during tough times. Frankl suggests that while we may not have control over our circumstances, we can decide how we respond to them, highlighting the importance of maintaining a grateful and positive outlook despite difficulties.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming adversity, this quote can inspire the audience to focus on their reactions.
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 through love and in love.
The crowning experience of all, for the homecoming man, is the wonderful feeling that, after all he has suffered, there is nothing he need fear anymore—except his God.
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 situation may afford him. And this decides whether he is worthy of his sufferings or not.
It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.
Logotherapy sees the human patient in all his humanness. I step up to the core of the patient's being. And that is a being in search of meaning, a being that is transcending himself, a being capable of acting in love for others.
The more one forgives himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself.
I don't think that writer's block exists really. I think that when you're trying to do something prematurely, it just won't come. Certain subjects just need time, as I've learned over and over again. You've got to wait before you write about them.
Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.
The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.
Without cunning, there is no innovation. Without ambition, there is no accomplishment.
To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.