VIKTOR FRANKL

“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.”

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.”

“Love is a verb. Love — the feeling — is a fruit of love, the verb.”

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.”

“Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.”

“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”

“We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty.”

“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

“He who fears he will suffer, already suffers because he fears.”

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”

“I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.”

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”