Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
VIKTOR FRANKLThe more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.
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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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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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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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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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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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What is to give light must endure burning.
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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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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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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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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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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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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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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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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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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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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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It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
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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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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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