It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLBut 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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It is here that we encounter the central theme of existentialism: to live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering.
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It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
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Man is capable of changing the world for the better if possible, and of changing himself for the better if necessary.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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Each of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life.
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death human life cannot be complete.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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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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Man’s last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation
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Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them.
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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved.
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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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