The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
VIKTOR FRANKLEven when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
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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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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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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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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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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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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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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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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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Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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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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