Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
VIKTOR FRANKLEither belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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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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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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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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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be.
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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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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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I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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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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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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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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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
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What is to give light must endure burning.
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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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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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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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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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