Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLThese tasks, and therefore the meaning of life, differ from man to man, and from moment to moment. Thus it is impossible to define the meaning in life in a general way.
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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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Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
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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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In his creative work the artist is dependent on sources and resources deriving from the spiritual unconscious.
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But my mind clung to my wife’s image, imagining it with an uncanny acuteness. I heard her answering me, saw her smile, her frank and encouraging look. Real or not, her look then was more luminous than the sun which was beginning to rise.
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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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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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We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life.
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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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But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
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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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Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.
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