No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLSuccess, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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The last freedom is choosing your attitude.
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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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But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
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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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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
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It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.
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Having been is also a kind of being, and perhaps the surest kind.
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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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There are only two races, the decent and the indecent.
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It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.
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Thus, human existence-at least as long as it has not been neurotically distorted-is always directed to something, or someone, other than itself, be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter lovingly.
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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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Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.
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