Our generation is realistic, for we have come to know man as he really is. After all, man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those gas chambers upright, with the Lord’s Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLThe existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.
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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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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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Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy – it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself.
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Thus, human existence-at least as long as it has not been neurotically distorted-is always directed to something, or someone, other than itself, be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter lovingly.
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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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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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Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy.
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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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One can choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.
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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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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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Man’s last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation
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Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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