Quotes About Adversity

I bear witness of the inestimable extent to which man, although he is never free from conditions and determinants, is always free to take a stand to whatever he might have to face. Although he may be conditioned and determined, he is never fully determined, he is not pandetermined.

Man is by no means fully free. Man is not free from determinants. Man's freedom is a finite freedom, not freedom from conditions; his freedom lies in the potentiality for taking a stand toward whatever conditions might confront him.

But even one such example is sufficient proof that man's inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.

Under the same conditions, those who were oriented toward the future, toward a meaning that waited to be fulfilled—these persons were more likely to survive. Nardini and Lifton, two American military psychiatrists

Tilly must have been among them.

Cách má»™t ng??i ch?p nh?n s? ph?n và nh?ng Ä'au kh? c?a mình, cách má»™t ng??i dám v??t qua nh?ng thá»­ thách Ä'ó Ä'em l?i cho ng??i ?y nhi?u cÆ¡ há»™i ?? hi?u ???c ý nghÄ©a sâu xa hÆ¡n c?a cuá»™c s?ng ngay c? trong nh?ng hoàn c?nh kh?c nghi?t nh?t.

human life, under any circumstances, never ceases to have a meaning, and that this infinite meaning of life includes suffering and dying, privation and death. I asked the poor creatures who listened to me attentively in the darkness of the hut to face up to the seriousness of our position.

Ä°ddia ediyorum ki dünyada en kötü koÅŸullarda bile hayatta kalabilmek için hayat?n bir anlam? olduÄŸu bilgisinden daha etkili olabilecek bir ÅŸey yoktur. Nietzchhe`nin ÅŸu sözleri çok ÅŸey söyler: YaÅŸamak için bir nedeni olan her türlü nas?l`a katlanabilir.

The majority of prisoners suffered from a kind of inferiority complex. We all had once been or had fancied ourselves to be 'somebody.' Now we were treated like complete nonentities (The consciousness of one's inner value is anchored in higher, more spiritual things, and cannot be shaken by camp life. But how many free men, let alone prisoners, possess it?)

Ceux qui ont vécu dans les camps se souviennent de ces prisonniers qui allaient, de baraque en baraque, consoler leurs semblables, leur offrant les derniers morceaux de pain qui leur restaient. Même s'il s'agit de cas rares, ceux-ci nous apportent la preuve qu'on peut tout enlever à un homme excepté une chose, la dernière des libertés humaines : celle de décider de sa conduite, quelles que soient les circonstances dans lesquelles il se trouve.

On the average, only those prisoners could keep alive who, after years of trekking from camp to camp, had lost all scruples in their fight for existence; they were prepared to use every means, honest and other- wise, even brutal force, theft, and betrayal of their friends, in order to save themselves. We who have come back, by the aid of many lucky chances or miracles—whatever one may choose to call them—we know: the best of us did not return.

When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer [...] his unique opportunity lies in the way he bears his burden.

Ng??i ta không có tá»± do ?? khÆ°á»›c t? b?t h?nh hay ch?y tr?n kh?i bi k?ch, nhÆ°ng có tá»± do lá»±a ch?n thái Ä'á»™ c?a mình trÆ°á»›c nh?ng gì x?y ra

Psychotherapy cannot rest content with making man capable of enjoying pleasure or of doing a day's work; it must also make him capable of bearing suffering, in a very definite sense.

Gariptir; bazen, hedef ÅŸa??ran bir darbe, hedef bulandan daha çok yaralay?c? olabiliyor.

An abnormal  reaction to an abnormal  situation  is normal behavior. Even

It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds.

As a professor in two fields, neurology and psychiatry, I am fully aware of the extent to which man is subject to biological, psychological and sociological conditions. But in addition to being a professor in two fields I am a survivor of four camps - concentration camps, that is - and as such I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.

For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one's predicament into a human achievement.

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.

Austrian public-opinion pollsters recently reported that those held in highest esteem by most of the people interviewed are neither the great artists nor the great scientists, neither the great statesmen nor the great sport figures, but those who master a hard lot with their heads held high.

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.

Inimene on kõikjal saatusega silmitsi ja sunnitud otsustama, kas kujundada kannatus saavutuseks.

Human potential at its best is to transform a tragedy into a personal triumph, to turn one's predicament into a human achievement.