Victor E. Frankl

“Bir insanın acı çekmesi, boş bir odadaki gazın davranışına benzer. Boş bir odaya belli miktarda gaz verildiği zaman, oda ne kadar büyük olursa olsun, gaz odanın tamamına yayılır. Dolayısıyla insanın çektiği acının ‘büyüklüğü’ kesinlikle görecelidir.”

“My mind still clung to the image of my wife. A thought crossed my mind: I didn't even know if she were still alive. I knew only one thing-which I have learned well by now: Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.”

“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.”

“Freedom, however, is not the last word. Freedom is only part of the story and half of the truth. Freedom is but the negative aspect of the whole phenomenon whose positive aspect is responsibleness. In fact, freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast.”