In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.
VIKTOR FRANKLHumor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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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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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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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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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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There was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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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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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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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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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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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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What is to give light must endure burning.
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