Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
VIKTOR FRANKLAn abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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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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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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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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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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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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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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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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