The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
VIKTOR FRANKLDecisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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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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A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
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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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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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I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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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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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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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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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
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The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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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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Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
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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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It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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