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. FRANKLA man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the “why” for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any “how.”
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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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Once an individual’s search for meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with suffering
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No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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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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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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Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.
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The last of human freedoms – the ability to chose one’s attitude especially an attitude of gratitude in a given set of circumstances especially in difficult circumstances.
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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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We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life.
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What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes-within the limits of endowment and environment-he has made out of himself.
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