Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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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It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
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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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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
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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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Success is total self-acceptance.
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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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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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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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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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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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Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of 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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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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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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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 isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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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.
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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