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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.

Viktor Frankl

Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be.
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Contrubution Discover Individual Life
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
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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Art Attempt Development Learning Light Live Master Sense Of Humor Trick
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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Absolute Done Himself Honesty Judgment Man Same Situation
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
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
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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Act Live Time Wrong
Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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Conscience Endurance Life Overcome Person Task Trouble
To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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Hero Suffering Uneccessary
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
The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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Flourish Health Human Key Meaning Mental
Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.
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Beloved Importance Love Person Physical Spiritual
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
Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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Inspirational Intelligence Life
When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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Himself Man Meaning Numb Pleasure
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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Challenge Change Inspirational Ourselves Situation

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