An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
VIKTOR FRANKLOur greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, we are always free to choose our thoughts.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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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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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment.
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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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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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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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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It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
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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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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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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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Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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