Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
VIKTOR FRANKLMan’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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So live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
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Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, we are always free to choose our thoughts.
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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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Each of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life.
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Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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