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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.

Viktor E. Frankl

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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Carrying Purpose Woe
It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.
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Future Looking Meaning Men Search
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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Powerful Purpose Wise
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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Different Life Suffering
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.
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Encounters Existentialism Suffering
It is true that we can see the therapist as a technician only if we have first viewed the patient as some sort of machine.
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Firsts Machine Patient
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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Attitude Gratitude Lasts
Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life.
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Find Life Meaning Motivation
Despair is suffering without meaning.
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Despair Existential Suffering
A man who could not see the end of his”provisional existence” was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.
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Able Goal Men
It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.
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Happiness Pursuit Thwart
When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
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Change Inspirational Positive
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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Goal Inspirational Life
At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence.
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Existence Men Moments
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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Believe Liberty Mean
The more one forgives himself – by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love – the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself.
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Actualization Causes Giving Self

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