Wisdom Quote by Viktor E. Frankl — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.”

“Once, an elderly general practitioner consulted me because of his severe depression. He could not overcome the loss of his wife who had died two years before and whom he had loved above all else. Now, how can I help him? What should I tell him? Well, I refrained from telling him anything but instead confronted him with the question, “What would have happened, Doctor, if you had died first, and your wife would have had to survive you?” “Oh,” he said, “for her this would have been terrible; how she would have suffered!” Whereupon I replied, “You see, Doctor, such a suffering has been spared her, and it was you who have spared her this suffering — to be sure, at the price that now you have to survive and mourn her.” He said no word but shook my hand and calmly left my office. In some way, suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.”

“Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him-mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp.”

“Nature has a way of disrupting predictability to introduce us to our true selves.”

“The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.”

“Travel Moulds A Man,People Mould His Wisdom And Experiences Mould His LIFE...!”

“It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.”

“If the soul is immortal, it demands our care not only for that part of time which we call life, but for all time; and indeed it would seem now that it will be extremely dangerous to neglect it. If death were a release from everything, it would be a boon for the wicked, because by dying they would be released not only from the body but also from their own wickedness together with the soul; but as it is, since the soul is clearly immortal, it can have no escape of security from evil except by becoming as good and wise as it possibly can. For it takes nothing with it to the next world except its education and training...”

“You'd be surprised how easy some things can be, things you never thought you'd do, when you take self-respect out of the equation.”