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.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLIt is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
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Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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It is always important to have something yet to do in life.
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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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Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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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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When we are not any lengthier capable to alter a predicament, we’re challenged to alter ourselves
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A human being is a deciding being.
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In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
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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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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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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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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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Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn.
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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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Man’s last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation
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