Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
VIKTOR FRANKLMan’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.
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It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be.
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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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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.
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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