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Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.

Viktor Frankl

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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Bad Inspirational World Worse
Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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Life Man Search
To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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Hero Suffering Uneccessary
I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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Bad Deed Done Forget Good Grudge
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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Absolute Done Himself Honesty Judgment Man Same Situation
It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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Determination Future Life Past Present
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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Cease Finding Moments Sacrifice Suffering
The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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Love One Liner Salvation
Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
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Avoid Concern Gain Life Man Meaning Pain Pleasure
An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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Abnormal Behavior Normal Reaction Situation
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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Ashamed Courage Suffering Tears Witness
Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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Act Inspirational Live Time Wrong
The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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Love One Liner Salvation
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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Choose Freedom Growth Power Response Space
Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.
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Acknowledgement Belief Believe Conscience Obey Tolerance
Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
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Aware Core Essence Grasp Human Being Love Personality

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