Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be.
VIKTOR FRANKLPain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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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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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.
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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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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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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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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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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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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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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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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
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