A man who could not see the end of his”provisional existence” was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLHaving been is also a kind of being, and perhaps the surest kind.
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I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long run- in the long run, I say! – success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think of it.
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Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
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The incurable sufferer is given very little opportunity to be proud of his suffering and to consider it ennobling rather than degrading” so that “he is not only unhappy, but also ashamed of being unhappy.
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Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies
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It is this spiritual freedom – which cannot be taken away – that makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved.
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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The more one forgives himself – by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love – the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself.
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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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A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the “why” for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any “how.”
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Having been is also a kind of being, and perhaps the surest kind.
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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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Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him-mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp.
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