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But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer. Only very few realized
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 immediate influence of behavior is always more effective than that of words.
(What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.)
The body has fewer inhibitions than the mind.
no one has the right to do wrong, not even if wrong has been done to them.
logotherapy sees in responsibleness the very essence of human existence.
Key message of logotherapy
The more one forgets 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.
For, in the past, nothing is irretrievably lost but everything irrevocably stored.
So, let us be alert—alert in a twofold sense: Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake.
