Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
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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Ultimately, 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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The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.
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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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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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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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Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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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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Man’s last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation
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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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It is always important to have something yet to do in life.
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Man ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education towards the ability to decide
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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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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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Our generation is realistic, for we have come to know man as he really is. After all, man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those gas chambers upright, with the Lord’s Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips.
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