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In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.

Viktor Frankl

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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Despite Freedom Human Life Physical Situation
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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Ashamed Courage Suffering Tears Witness
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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Aware Core Essence Grasp Human Being Love Personality
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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Bad Inspirational World Worse
Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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Life Man Search
Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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Attitude Choose Freedom
A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
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Concern Disease Existence Man Mental Worth
Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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Condition Decision Determination Man
Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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Attain Business Goals Motivational Strive
The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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Flourish Health Human Key Meaning Mental
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment.
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Assignment Carry Demand Fulfillment Life Mission Purpose
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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Deed Discover Experience Life Meaning Suffering
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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Crisis Depend Finding Life Meaning People Seek Strength Survival Time
So 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!
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Act Live Time Wrong
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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Business Decent Race World
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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Choose Freedom Growth Power Response Space

In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.

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