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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.

Viktor Frankl

When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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Himself Man Meaning Numb Pleasure
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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Art Attempt Development Learning Light Live Master Sense Of Humor Trick
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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Ashamed Courage Suffering Tears Witness
To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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Hero Suffering Uneccessary
Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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Fate Inspirational Man Raise Strength
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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Beloved Importance Love Person Physical Spiritual
Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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Inspirational Intelligence Life
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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Change Decision Existence Freedom Human Being Instant Man Token
Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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Fight Humor Preservation Soul Weapon
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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Be Yourself Life Separate Spark Unique
The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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Flourish Health Human Key Meaning Mental
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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Business Decent Race World
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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Absolute Done Himself Honesty Judgment Man Same Situation
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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Deed Discover Experience Life Meaning Suffering
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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Concern Disease Existence Man Mental Worth
Despair is suffering without meaning.
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Despair Meaning One Liner Suffering

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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