In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
VIKTOR FRANKLEverything 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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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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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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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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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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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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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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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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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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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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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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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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