Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
VIKTOR FRANKLIn some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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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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Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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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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A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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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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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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Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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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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