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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.

Viktor Frankl

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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Cease Finding Moments Sacrifice Suffering
Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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Fight Humor Preservation Soul Weapon
When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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Himself Man Meaning Numb Pleasure
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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Acknowledgement Belief Believe Conscience Obey Tolerance
Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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Act Inspirational Live Time Wrong
Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Existence Finding Himself Man Meaning Outside
For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.
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Bad Inspirational World Worse
You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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Creation Detect Inspirational Mission Travel
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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Circumstance Lack Life Meaning Purpose
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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Despite Freedom Human Life Physical Situation
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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Aware Core Essence Grasp Human Being Love Personality
I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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Bad Deed Done Forget Good Grudge
God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
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God Intimat Partner
Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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Life Man Search
It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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Determination Future Life Past Present
The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
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Choose Respond

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