Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLWe 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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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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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds.
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death human life cannot be complete.
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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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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
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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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It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.
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It said to me, ‘I am here — I am here — I am life, eternal life.’
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The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.
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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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There are only two races, the decent and the indecent.
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