Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
VIKTOR FRANKLHumor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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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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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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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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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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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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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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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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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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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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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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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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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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