Thus, human existence-at least as long as it has not been neurotically distorted-is always directed to something, or someone, other than itself, be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter lovingly.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLIf there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.
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One can choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.
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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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There are only two races, the decent and the indecent.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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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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A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the “why” for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any “how.”
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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As such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.
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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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