It said to me, ‘I am here — I am here — I am life, eternal life.’
VIKTOR E. FRANKLOur main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life.
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In his creative work the artist is dependent on sources and resources deriving from the spiritual unconscious.
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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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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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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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Having been is also a kind of being, and perhaps the surest kind.
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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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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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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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Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy.
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself.
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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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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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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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