A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
VIKTOR FRANKLHumor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.
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Success is total self-acceptance.
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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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Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.
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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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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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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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Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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What is to give light must endure burning.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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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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It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
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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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