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These 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.

Viktor E. Frankl

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.
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Decent Incident Men Race Two
…to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life-daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct.
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Answers Meditation Thinking
Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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Humans Instant Meaning Search
There are only two races, the decent and the indecent.
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Decent Race Two
Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life.
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Find Life Meaning Motivation
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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Condition Confront Decision Faces Giving
Man’s last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation
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Given Last Men
The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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Keys Mental Health Quests
Each of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life.
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Life Spark Unique Web
Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.
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Carrying Purpose Woe
The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.
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Existence Mans Meaning Search
Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Existence Find Men
If we take a man as he is, we make him worse, but if we take man as he should be we make him capable of becoming what he can be.
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Becoming Men Should
Our generation is realistic, for we have come to know man as he really is. After all, man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those gas chambers upright, with the Lord’s Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips.
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Generation Men Our Prayer
The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.
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Angel Glory Infinite
Man ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education towards the ability to decide
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Learning Men Teaching

These 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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These 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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