The struggle for existence is a struggle ‘for’ something; it is purposeful and only in so being is it meaningful and able to bring meaning into life.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLI do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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Here lies the chance for a man either to make use of or to forgo the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult situation may afford him. And this decides whether he is worthy of his sufferings or not.
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There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.
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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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Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.
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Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him-mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp.
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No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
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The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose ones attitude in any given circumstance.
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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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A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes-within the limits of endowment and environment-he has made out of himself.
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life.
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It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.
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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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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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