A man who could not see the end of his”provisional existence” was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLMan does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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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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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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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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The last of human freedoms – the ability to chose one’s attitude especially an attitude of gratitude in a given set of circumstances especially in difficult circumstances.
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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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In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
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No one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react.
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Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered.
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Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.
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One should not search for an abstract meaning of life … Life can be made meaningful in a threefold way: first, through what we give to life … second, by what we take from the world … third, through the stand we take toward a fate we no longer can change.
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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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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It is this spiritual freedom – which cannot be taken away – that makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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I do the unpleasant tasks before I do the pleasant ones.
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One can choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.
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