It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLJust 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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It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds.
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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies
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We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life.
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Ultimately, we are not subject to the conditions that confront us; rather, these conditions are subject to our decision … we must decide whether we will face up or give in, whether or not we will let ourselves be determined by the conditions.
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We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.
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The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.
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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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It is always important to have something yet to do in life.
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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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Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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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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As the struggle for survival has subsided, the question has emerged: survival for what? Ever more people have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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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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No one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react.
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Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
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