Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
VIKTOR FRANKLThose who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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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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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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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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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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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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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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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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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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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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Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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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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