Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
VIKTOR FRANKLThere are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.
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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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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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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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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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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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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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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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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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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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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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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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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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