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It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.

Viktor E. Frankl

Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.
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Fate Inspirational Men
One can choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.
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Attitude Freedom Positive Thinking
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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Bears Men Neurology
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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Bears Men Philosophers
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
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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Goal Inspirational Life
Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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Chiefs Men Motivation
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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Famous Fire Inspirational Strong
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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Firsts Machine Patient
Here lies the chance for a man either to make use of or to forgo the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult situation may afford him. And this decides whether he is worthy of his sufferings or not.
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Afford Lying Men Opportunity Situation
I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long run- in the long run, I say! – success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think of it.
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Long Running Thinking
Man’s last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation
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Given Last Men
We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life.
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Asking Life Man Meaning Search
Our 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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Despite Humans Situation
A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes-within the limits of endowment and environment-he has made out of himself.
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Limits Men Self Ultimately
Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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Chaos Mans Meaning Response Search Stimulus

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