Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
VIKTOR FRANKLMan’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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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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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.
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In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.
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It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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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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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.
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Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment.
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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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