The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
VIKTOR FRANKLA human being is a deciding being.
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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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A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
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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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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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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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Success is total self-acceptance.
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Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, we are always free to choose our thoughts.
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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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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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Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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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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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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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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