Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
VIKTOR FRANKLHumor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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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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Success is total self-acceptance.
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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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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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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Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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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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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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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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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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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment.
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
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