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VIKTOR E. FRANKLWoe 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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One should not search for an abstract meaning of life … Life can be made meaningful in a threefold way: first, through what we give to life … second, by what we take from the world … third, through the stand we take toward a fate we no longer can change.
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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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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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What was really needed was a fundamental change in our attitude toward life. We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us.
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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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When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
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No one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react.
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The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.
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But my mind clung to my wife’s image, imagining it with an uncanny acuteness. I heard her answering me, saw her smile, her frank and encouraging look. Real or not, her look then was more luminous than the sun which was beginning to rise.
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It is this spiritual freedom – which cannot be taken away – that makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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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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It is always important to have something yet to do 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 meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.
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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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