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The salvation of man is through love and in love.

Viktor Frankl

A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
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Determination Each Other Human Being Ultimate
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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Attitude Choose Circumstance Freedom Human Man
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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Be Yourself Life Separate Spark Unique
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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Absolute Done Himself Honesty Judgment Man Same Situation
If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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Deep Life Meaning Suffering
To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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Hero Suffering Uneccessary
Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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Attitude Choose Freedom
Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.
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Beloved Importance Love Person Physical Spiritual
Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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Attain Business Goals Motivational Strive
I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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Bad Deed Done Forget Good Grudge
The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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Deep Expectation Inspirational Life
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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Concern Disease Existence Man Mental Worth
In 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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Cease Finding Moments Sacrifice Suffering
Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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Dedication Effect Happiness Oneself Personal Success Unexpected
Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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Freedom Life Meaning Purpose Spiritual
It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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Determination Future Life Past Present

The salvation of man is through love and in love.

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