Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, we are always free to choose our thoughts.
VIKTOR FRANKLThose who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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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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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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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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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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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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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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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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Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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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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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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