Despair is suffering without meaning.
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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It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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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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Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.
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Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.
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Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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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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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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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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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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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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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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