Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
VIKTOR FRANKLMan does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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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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Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.
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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
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There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.
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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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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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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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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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