These tasks, and therefore the meaning of life, differ from man to man, and from moment to moment. Thus it is impossible to define the meaning in life in a general way.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLIt is this spiritual freedom – which cannot be taken away – that makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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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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It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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You can take away my wife, you can take away my children, you can strip me of my clothes and my freedom, but there is one thing no person can ever take away from me – and that is my freedom to choose how I will react to what happens to me!
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A human being is a deciding being.
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Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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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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The last freedom is choosing your attitude.
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It is this spiritual freedom – which cannot be taken away – that makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered.
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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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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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What was really needed was a fundamental change in our attitude toward life. We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us.
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The struggle for existence is a struggle ‘for’ something; it is purposeful and only in so being is it meaningful and able to bring meaning into life.
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Man’s last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation
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Having been is also a kind of being, and perhaps the surest kind.
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