Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
VIKTOR FRANKLIt isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, we are always free to choose our thoughts.
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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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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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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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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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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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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Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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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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A human being is a deciding being.
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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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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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