Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
VIKTOR FRANKLHappiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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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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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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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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The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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