Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
VIKTOR FRANKLEverything 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.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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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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A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
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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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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment.
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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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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We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.
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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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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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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 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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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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