If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
VIKTOR FRANKLLove 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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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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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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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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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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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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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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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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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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It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
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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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