In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLIn 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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There are only two races, the decent and the indecent.
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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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It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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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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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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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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What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.
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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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No one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react.
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It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.
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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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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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A man who could not see the end of his”provisional existence” was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.
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One can choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.
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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in its spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.
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It said to me, ‘I am here — I am here — I am life, eternal life.’
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Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
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The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.
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Most important, however, is the third avenue to meaning in life: even the helpless victim of a hopeless situation, facing a fate he cannot change, may rise above himself, may grow beyond himself, and by so doing change himself. He may turn a personal tragedy into a triumph.
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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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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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I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.
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We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life.
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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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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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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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