Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
VIKTOR FRANKLMan can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
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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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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment.
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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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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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Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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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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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Success is total self-acceptance.
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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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