Once an individual’s search for meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with suffering
VIKTOR E. FRANKLOur 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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Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
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No one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react.
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Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
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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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A human being is a deciding being.
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I do the unpleasant tasks before I do the pleasant ones.
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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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Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy.
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View life as a series of movie frames, the ending and meaning may not be apparent until the very end of the movie, and yet, each of the hundreds of individual frames has meaning within the context of the whole movie.
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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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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It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.
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These tasks, and therefore the meaning of life, differ from man to man, and from moment to moment. Thus it is impossible to define the meaning in life in a general way.
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The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.
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Ultimately, we are not subject to the conditions that confront us; rather, these conditions are subject to our decision … we must decide whether we will face up or give in, whether or not we will let ourselves be determined by the conditions.
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