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.

Er hätte sich dieser Tränen nicht zu schämen gebraucht. Sie bürgten dafür, daß er den größten Mut hatte: den Mut zum Leiden!

Viktor Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning

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Topic

Crying Courage Suffering

Author

Viktor Frankl

Source

Man's Search for Meaning

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

German

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Holocaust survivor Psychiatrist Writer

From

Austria Europe

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Original Citation

Frankl, Victor. …trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen: Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager [Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy]. Verlag für Jugend und Volk, 1946.

Current Citation

Frankl, Victor. Man's Search for Meaning. Beacon Press, 2006.

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Hear that lonesome whippoorwill?
He sounds too blue to fly.
The midnight train is whinin' low,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

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Language
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Time
1949 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Williams, Hank. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry. MGM Records, 1949.

Another quote about Courage

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.

Reinhold Niebuhr

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Acceptance Courage Wisdom

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Reinhold Niebuhr
Medium
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Language
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Time
1932 1930s 20th century
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Niebuhr, Reinhold. Diary entry. 1932.

Another quote from 1946

Remember, no man is a failure who has friends.

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Clarence
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It's a Wonderful Life
Medium
Film
Genre
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Language
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Time
1946 1940s 20th century
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It's a Wonderful Life. Directed by Frank Capra, Liberty Films, 1946.

Another quote originally in German

The public seldom forgive twice.

Johann Kasper Lavater

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Public opinion Second chances

Author

Johann Kasper Lavater
Language
German
Time
1773 1770s 18th century
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Original Citation

Lavater, Johann Caspar. Aphorisms of Man. London: J. Johnson, 1788, no. 606.

Current Citation

Lavater, Johann Caspar. "Annotations to Lavater's Aphorisms on Man." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.