…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.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLEach of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life.
More Viktor E. Frankl Quotes
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One can choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.
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What is demanded of man is not, as some existential philosophers teach, to endure the meaninglessness of life, but rather to bear his incapacity to grasp its unconditional meaningfulness in rational terms.
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The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.
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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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I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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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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Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.
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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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Thus, human existence-at least as long as it has not been neurotically distorted-is always directed to something, or someone, other than itself, be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter lovingly.
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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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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Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it – likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.
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You can take away my wife, you can take away my children, you can strip me of my clothes and my freedom, but there is one thing no person can ever take away from me – and that is my freedom to choose how I will react to what happens to me!
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There are only two races, the decent and the indecent.
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