No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLIf there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
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Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it – likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.
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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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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.
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
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The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose ones attitude in any given circumstance.
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Sleep [is like] a dove which has landed near one’s hand and stays there as long as one does not pay any attention to it.
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Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
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In his creative work the artist is dependent on sources and resources deriving from the spiritual unconscious.
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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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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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Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered.
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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved.
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Man ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education towards the ability to decide
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