A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
VIKTOR FRANKLYou don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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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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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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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 more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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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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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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Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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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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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
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