Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
VIKTOR FRANKLMan’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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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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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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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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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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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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What is to give light must endure burning.
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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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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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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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