When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
VIKTOR FRANKLEver more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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What is to give light must endure burning.
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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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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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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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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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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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A human being is a deciding being.
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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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Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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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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The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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