The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
VIKTOR FRANKLIn times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.
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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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Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be.
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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What is to give light must endure burning.
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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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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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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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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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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