In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLThe 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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Sleep [is like] a dove which has landed near one’s hand and stays there as long as one does not pay any attention to it.
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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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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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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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Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them.
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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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It said to me, ‘I am here — I am here — I am life, eternal life.’
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The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.
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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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We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life.
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A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes-within the limits of endowment and environment-he has made out of himself.
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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.
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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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Happiness must ensue. It cannot be pursued
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