Having been is also a kind of being, and perhaps the surest kind.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLBeing 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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Once an individual’s search for meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with suffering
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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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Man ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education towards the ability to decide
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At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence.
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It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.
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Instead of possibilities, I have realities in my past, not only the reality of work done and of love loved, but of sufferings bravely suffered. These sufferings are even the things of which I am most proud, though these are things which cannot inspire envy.
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Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
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We needed to stop asking about the meaning of 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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The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
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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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Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn.
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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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I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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Man’s last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation
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