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.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLMan ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education towards the ability to decide
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The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose ones attitude in any given circumstance.
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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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I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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The last of human freedoms – the ability to chose one’s attitude especially an attitude of gratitude in a given set of circumstances especially in difficult circumstances.
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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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When we are not any lengthier capable to alter a predicament, we’re challenged to alter ourselves
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When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
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As the struggle for survival has subsided, the question has emerged: survival for what? Ever more people have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.
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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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Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.
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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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