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.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLOne should not search for an abstract meaning of life … Life can be made meaningful in a threefold way: first, through what we give to life … second, by what we take from the world … third, through the stand we take toward a fate we no longer can change.
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The more one forgives himself – by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love – the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself.
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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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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 man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
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Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in its spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.
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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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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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A man who could not see the end of his”provisional existence” was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them.
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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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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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