Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
VIKTOR FRANKLHappiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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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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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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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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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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The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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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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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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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
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