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.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLHappiness must ensue. It cannot be pursued
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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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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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One can choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.
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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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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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Man ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education towards the ability to decide
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I am absolutely convinced that the gas chambers of Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Maidanek were ultimately prepared not in some ministry or other in Berlin, but rather at the desks and in the lecture halls of nihilistic scientists and philosophers.
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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.
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
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Sunday neurosis, that kind of depression which afflicts people who become aware of the lack of content in their lives when the rush of the busy week is over and the void within themselves becomes manifest.
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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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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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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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Having been is also a kind of being, and perhaps the surest kind.
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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