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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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
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The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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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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Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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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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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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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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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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