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A man who could not see the end of his”provisional existence” was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.

Viktor E. Frankl

Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
VIKTOR E. FRANKL

Existence Find Men
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.
VIKTOR E. FRANKL

Condition Confront Decision Faces Giving
Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy.
VIKTOR E. FRANKL

Existential Humanity Psychotherapy
For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself.
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Causes Dedication Happiness
The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
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Away Choose One Thing Way
As such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.
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Bears Men Neurology
It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
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Condition Meaning Men Search
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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Mean People Struggle
It said to me, ‘I am here — I am here — I am life, eternal life.’
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Eternal Life Said
Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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Become Existence Men Token
A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
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Despair Disease Mean Men
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
Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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Fate Inspirational Men
Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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Humans Instant Meaning Search
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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Attitude Grateful Gratitude
It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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Future Past Today Undermine

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