It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
VIKTOR FRANKLWhen a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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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 more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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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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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment.
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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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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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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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I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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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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