Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
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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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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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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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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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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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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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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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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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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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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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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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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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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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