Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLFor success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself.
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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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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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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Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
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Each of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life.
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The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.
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Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.
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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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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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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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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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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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We cannot, after all, judge a biography by its length, by the number of pages in it; we must judge by the richness of the contents…Sometimes the ‘unfinisheds’ are among the most beautiful symphonies.
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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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