If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
VIKTOR FRANKLEver more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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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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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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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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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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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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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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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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Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
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The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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So live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!
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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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Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, we are always free to choose our thoughts.
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