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Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.

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
No one can take from us the ability to choose our attitudes toward the circumstances in which we find ourselves. This is the last of human freedoms.
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Attitude Circumstances Lasts
Happiness must ensue. It cannot be pursued
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Ensues Happiness Pursued
Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Existence Find Men
It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.
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Happiness Pursuit Thwart
No one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react.
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Away Choose Freedom Take
The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.
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Angel Glory Infinite
It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds.
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Above Altering Known Life Rise Well
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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Condition Confront Decision Faces Giving
Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it – likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.
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Famous Fire Inspirational Strong
When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
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Change Inspirational Positive
Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life.
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Find Life Meaning Motivation
What was really needed was a fundamental change in our attitude toward life. We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us.
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Attitude Learning Life
It is always important to have something yet to do in life.
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Important Life Something
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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Opportunity Suffering Unhappy
We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life.
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Asking Life Man Meaning Search

Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.

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