Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
VIKTOR FRANKLPain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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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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A human being is a deciding being.
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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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It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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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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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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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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I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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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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The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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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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Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
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Success is total self-acceptance.
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