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.
VIKTOR FRANKLA man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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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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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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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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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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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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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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Success is total self-acceptance.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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So live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!
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