Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
VIKTOR FRANKLTo suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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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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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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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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It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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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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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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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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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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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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Success is total self-acceptance.
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What is to give light must endure burning.
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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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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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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