Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in its 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.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLThis is the core of the human spirit … If we can find something to live for – if we can find some meaning to put at the center of our lives – even the worst kind of suffering becomes bearable.
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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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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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Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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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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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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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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At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence.
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It is always important to have something yet to do in life.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
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It is true that we can see the therapist as a technician only if we have first viewed the patient as some sort of machine.
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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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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved.
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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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…to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life-daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct.
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I am absolutely convinced that the gas chambers of Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Maidanek were ultimately prepared not in some ministry or other in Berlin, but rather at the desks and in the lecture halls of nihilistic scientists and philosophers.
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