I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLHappiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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We needed to stop asking about the meaning of 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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The last freedom is choosing your attitude.
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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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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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I am absolutely convinced that the gas chambers of Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Maidanek were ultimately prepared not in some ministry or other in Berlin, but rather at the desks and in the lecture halls of nihilistic scientists and philosophers.
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It said to me, ‘I am here — I am here — I am life, eternal life.’
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Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
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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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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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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.
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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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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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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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