A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
VIKTOR FRANKLMan’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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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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A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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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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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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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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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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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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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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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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