Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be.
VIKTOR FRANKLMan 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.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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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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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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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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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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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment.
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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
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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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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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A human being is a deciding being.
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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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The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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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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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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Success is total self-acceptance.
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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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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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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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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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Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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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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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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