Viktor E Frankl

Sir, a man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat, will not find his way thither the sooner in a gray one.

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such circumstances? No more than he can be satisfied with his hat, which he’s chosen from among such shapes as the resources of the age offer him, wearing it at best with a resignation which is chiefly supported by comparison.

Morality is suspecting other people of not being legally married.

Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.

I often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

How some of the writers I come across get through their books without dying of boredom is beyond me.

The late M. Venizelos observed that in all her wars Englandhe should have said Britain, of coursealways wins one battlethe last.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.

All I say is, kings is kings, and you got to make allowances. Take them all around, they’re a mighty ornery lot. It’s the way they’re raised.

A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

The way it is now, the asylums can hold the sane people but if we tried to shut up the insane we would run out of building materials.