But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLBut there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
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It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.
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When we are not any lengthier capable to alter a predicament, we’re challenged to alter ourselves
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View life as a series of movie frames, the ending and meaning may not be apparent until the very end of the movie, and yet, each of the hundreds of individual frames has meaning within the context of the whole movie.
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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved.
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It is here that we encounter the central theme of existentialism: to live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering.
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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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Once an individual’s search for meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with suffering
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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This is the core of the human spirit … If we can find something to live for – if we can find some meaning to put at the center of our lives – even the worst kind of suffering becomes bearable.
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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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At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence.
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As such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.
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A man who could not see the end of his”provisional existence” was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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