Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLUltimately, we are not subject to the conditions that confront us; rather, these conditions are subject to our decision … we must decide whether we will face up or give in, whether or not we will let ourselves be determined by the conditions.
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Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
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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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I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.
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Man’s last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation
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As such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.
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The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.
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Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy.
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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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It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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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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