Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLWe cannot, after all, judge a biography by its length, by the number of pages in it; we must judge by the richness of the contents…Sometimes the ‘unfinisheds’ are among the most beautiful symphonies.
More Viktor E. Frankl Quotes
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Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life.
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The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.
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Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning. The greatest task for any person is to find meaning in his or her own life.
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It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.
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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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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death human life cannot be complete.
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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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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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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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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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Man is capable of changing the world for the better if possible, and of changing himself for the better if necessary.
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For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself.
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Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn.
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There are only two races, the decent and the indecent.
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Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.
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