Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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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The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.
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In his creative work the artist is dependent on sources and resources deriving from the spiritual unconscious.
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The struggle for existence is a struggle ‘for’ something; it is purposeful and only in so being is it meaningful and able to bring meaning into life.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning. The greatest task for any person is to find meaning in his or her own life.
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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved.
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It is always important to have something yet to do in life.
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If we take a man as he is, we make him worse, but if we take man as he should be we make him capable of becoming what he can be.
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This 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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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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When we are not any lengthier capable to alter a predicament, we’re challenged to alter ourselves
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The more one forgives himself – by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love – the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself.
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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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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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Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy.
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