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View life as a series of movie frames, the ending and meaning may not be apparent until the very end of the movie, and yet, each of the hundreds of individual frames has meaning within the context of the whole movie.

Viktor E. Frankl

Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!
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Despite Humans Situation
Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy.
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Existential Humanity Psychotherapy
Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him-mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp.
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Dignity May Men Mentality Spiritual
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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Courage Grief Men
Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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Humans Instant Meaning Search
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
I do the unpleasant tasks before I do the pleasant ones.
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One Pleasant Tasks
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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Able Goal Men
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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Bears Men Neurology
The last freedom is choosing your attitude.
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Attitude Choosing Lasts
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
I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.
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Liberty Responsibility West
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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Opportunity Suffering Unhappy
No one can take from us the ability to choose our attitudes toward the circumstances in which we find ourselves. This is the last of human freedoms.
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Attitude Circumstances Lasts
What is demanded of man is not, as some existential philosophers teach, to endure the meaninglessness of life, but rather to bear his incapacity to grasp its unconditional meaningfulness in rational terms.
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Bears Men Philosophers
Here lies the chance for a man either to make use of or to forgo the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult situation may afford him. And this decides whether he is worthy of his sufferings or not.
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Afford Lying Men Opportunity Situation

View life as a series of movie frames, the ending and meaning may not be apparent until the very end of the movie, and yet, each of the hundreds of individual frames has meaning within the context of the whole movie.

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