It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
VIKTOR FRANKLIn 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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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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Success is total self-acceptance.
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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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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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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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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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It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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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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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.
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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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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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