The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.
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Success is total self-acceptance.
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Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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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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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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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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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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So live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!
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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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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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