Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
VIKTOR FRANKLMan’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.
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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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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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Each of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life.
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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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Success is total self-acceptance.
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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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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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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.
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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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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
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Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
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