A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
VIKTOR FRANKLSo 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!
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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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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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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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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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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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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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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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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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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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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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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