I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLThe 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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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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Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life.
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The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.
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It said to me, ‘I am here — I am here — I am life, eternal life.’
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We cannot, after all, judge a biography by its length, by the number of pages in it; we must judge by the richness of the contents…Sometimes the ‘unfinisheds’ are among the most beautiful symphonies.
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We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.
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No one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react.
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Ultimately, we are not subject to the conditions that confront us; rather, these conditions are subject to our decision … we must decide whether we will face up or give in, whether or not we will let ourselves be determined by the conditions.
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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.
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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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The last freedom is choosing your attitude.
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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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