Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
VIKTOR FRANKLMan’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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A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
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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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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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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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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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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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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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Success is total self-acceptance.
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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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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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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There was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
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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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