The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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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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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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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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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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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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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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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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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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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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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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It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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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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The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.
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