A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLWhat 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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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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Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
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We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life.
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Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
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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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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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No one can take from us the ability to choose our attitudes toward the circumstances in which we find ourselves. This is the last of human freedoms.
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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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This is the core of the human spirit … If we can find something to live for – if we can find some meaning to put at the center of our lives – even the worst kind of suffering becomes bearable.
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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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If we take a man as he is, we make him worse, but if we take man as he should be we make him capable of becoming what he can be.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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Each of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life.
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It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds.
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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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