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.
VIKTOR FRANKLMan can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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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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Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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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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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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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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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
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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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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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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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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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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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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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