Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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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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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A human being is a deciding being.
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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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It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
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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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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in 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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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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In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.
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The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
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Success is total self-acceptance.
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