Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLWhat you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.
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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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It is this spiritual freedom – which cannot be taken away – that makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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The incurable sufferer is given very little opportunity to be proud of his suffering and to consider it ennobling rather than degrading” so that “he is not only unhappy, but also ashamed of being unhappy.
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Happiness must ensue. It cannot be pursued
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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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We cannot, after all, judge a biography by its length, by the number of pages in it; we must judge by the richness of the contents…Sometimes the ‘unfinisheds’ are among the most beautiful symphonies.
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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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There are only two races, the decent and the indecent.
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One can choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.
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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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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved.
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Sunday neurosis, that kind of depression which afflicts people who become aware of the lack of content in their lives when the rush of the busy week is over and the void within themselves becomes manifest.
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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in its spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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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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