In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
VIKTOR FRANKLHappiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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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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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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So live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!
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Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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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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We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.
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Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.
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A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
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The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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