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Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

Viktor Frankl

When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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Himself Man Meaning Numb Pleasure
The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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Deep Forget Human Life Person
If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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Deep Life Meaning Suffering
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
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Attitude Choose Circumstance Freedom Human Man
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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Ashamed Courage Suffering Tears Witness
To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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Hero Suffering Uneccessary
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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Change Decision Existence Freedom Human Being Instant Man Token
Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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Life Man Search
The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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Deep Expectation Inspirational Life
The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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Flourish Health Human Key Meaning Mental
The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.
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Art Attempt Development Learning Light Live Master Sense Of Humor Trick
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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Beyond Control Except Force Freedom Respond Situation
Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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Attain Business Goals Motivational Strive
Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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Attitude Choose Freedom
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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Beloved Importance Love Person Physical Spiritual
Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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Condition Decision Determination Man

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

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