The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
VIKTOR FRANKLIt isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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A human being is a deciding being.
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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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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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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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A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
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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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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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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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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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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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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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