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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.

Viktor E. Frankl

Having been is also a kind of being, and perhaps the surest kind.
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Being Kind Perhaps Surest
Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy – it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself.
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Consequences Goal Psychology Unintended
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 away my freedom to choose how I will react.
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Away Choose Freedom Take
You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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Journey Life Missions
Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Existence Find Men
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
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
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 Men Responsibility
The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.
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Existence Mans Meaning Search
Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it – likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.
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Famous Fire Inspirational Strong
I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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Deeds Done Forget Good
In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
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Fear Sacrifice Suffering
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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Frame May Spiritual Views
A human being is a deciding being.
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Choices Inspirational Thrive
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

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