A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
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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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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Success is total self-acceptance.
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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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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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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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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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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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It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
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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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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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