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It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.

Viktor E. Frankl

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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Meaningful Purposeful Something Struggle
At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence.
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Existence Men Moments
Man’s last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation
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Given Last Men
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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Encounters Existential Human Long
Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Existence Find Men
The last freedom is choosing your attitude.
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Attitude Choosing Lasts
Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him-mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp.
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Dignity May Men Mentality Spiritual
But 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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Courage Grief Men
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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Meaning Men Search World
A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
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Despair Disease Mean Men
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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Becoming Men Should
Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life.
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Find Life Meaning Motivation
I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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Deeds Done Forget Good
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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Believe Liberty Mean
What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.
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Earth Mans Meaning Search
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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Frame May Spiritual Views

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