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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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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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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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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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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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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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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A human being is a deciding being.
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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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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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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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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
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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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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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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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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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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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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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Each of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life.
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The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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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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What is to give light must endure burning.
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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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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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