In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.
VIKTOR FRANKLTo suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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There 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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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
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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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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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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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Success is total self-acceptance.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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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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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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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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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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