It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLIf there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
More Viktor E. Frankl Quotes
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Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy – it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself.
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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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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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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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At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence.
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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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Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
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Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn.
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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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It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds.
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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 inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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The incurable sufferer is given very little opportunity to be proud of his suffering and to consider it ennobling rather than degrading” so that “he is not only unhappy, but also ashamed of being unhappy.
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I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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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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