The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
VIKTOR FRANKLThere was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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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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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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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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A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
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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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It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
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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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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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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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The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.
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