An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
VIKTOR FRANKLLife is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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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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Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
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Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his 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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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment.
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There was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
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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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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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Success is total self-acceptance.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.
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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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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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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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No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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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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For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.
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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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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
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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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