It is here that we encounter the central theme of existentialism: to live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLHuman kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn.
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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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When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
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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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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.
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What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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These tasks, and therefore the meaning of life, differ from man to man, and from moment to moment. Thus it is impossible to define the meaning in life in a general way.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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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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It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.
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Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life.
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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in its spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.
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We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.
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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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