Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLAs 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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Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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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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Man ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education towards the ability to decide
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There are only two races, the decent and the indecent.
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Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life.
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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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It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.
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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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A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the “why” for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any “how.”
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The last freedom is choosing your attitude.
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At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence.
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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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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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A human being is a deciding being.
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The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.
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