Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life.
VIKTOR E. FRANKL…to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life-daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct.
More Viktor E. Frankl Quotes
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There are only two races, the decent and the indecent.
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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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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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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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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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I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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If we take a man as he is, we make him worse, but if we take man as he should be we make him capable of becoming what he can be.
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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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Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
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Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy – it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself.
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The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.
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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies
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Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.
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Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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It is this spiritual freedom – which cannot be taken away – that makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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