Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
VIKTOR FRANKLThose who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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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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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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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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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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Success is total self-acceptance.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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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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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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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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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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