In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
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.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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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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No one can take from us the ability to choose our attitudes toward the circumstances in which we find ourselves. This is the last of human freedoms.
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Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.
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I do the unpleasant tasks before I do the pleasant ones.
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It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.
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There are only two races, the decent and the indecent.
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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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The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.
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The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.
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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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As such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.
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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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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved.
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We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life.
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