Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLLove goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved.
More Viktor E. Frankl Quotes
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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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I do the unpleasant tasks before I do the pleasant ones.
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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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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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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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I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.
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The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.
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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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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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When we are not any lengthier capable to alter a predicament, we’re challenged to alter ourselves
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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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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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