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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.

Viktor E. Frankl

Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Existence Find Men
Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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Chance Life Second Time
Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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Humans Instant Meaning Search
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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Beautiful Death Symphony
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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Art Develop Humorous Light
Man ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education towards the ability to decide
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Learning Men Teaching
Once an individual’s search for meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with suffering
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Giving Successful Suffering
Happiness must ensue. It cannot be pursued
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Ensues Happiness Pursued
The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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Keys Mental Health Quests
The last freedom is choosing your attitude.
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Attitude Choosing Lasts
If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death human life cannot be complete.
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Death Fate Life Meaning Suffering
Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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Causes Dedication Sides
Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning. The greatest task for any person is to find meaning in his or her own life.
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Believe Greatest Quests Task Taught
You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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Journey Life Missions
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

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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