Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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.
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A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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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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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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Man 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.
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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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Success is total self-acceptance.
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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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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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Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be.
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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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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Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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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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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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