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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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Honesty, Humility, Men

Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.55, Beacon Press

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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing

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Keys, Quests, Mental Health

Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.120, Beacon Press

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In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.

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People, Survival, Times Of Crisis

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But 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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Courage, Grief, Men

Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.64, Beacon Press

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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in its 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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Spiritual, Self, Alive

Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.36, Beacon Press

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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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Unique, Web Of Life, Sparks

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It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life—daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual.

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Life, Mean, Responsibility

Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.63, Beacon Press

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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. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long run — in the long run, I say — success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think of it.

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Motivational, Running, Caring

Robin Sharma (2003). “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny”, p.49, Jaico Publishing House

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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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Life, Time, Second Chance

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Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.

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Instant, Humans, Search For Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.129, Beacon Press

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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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Believe, Mean, Liberty

Viktor E. Frankl (2014). “The Will to Meaning: Foundations and Applications of Logotherapy”, p.46, Penguin

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There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

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Men, Race, Two

Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.70, Beacon Press

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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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Pain, Men, Gains

Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.113, Beacon Press

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No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being until he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized. Furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize these potentialities. By making him aware of what he can be and what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true.

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Love, Success, Essence

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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.

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Mean, People, Today

Viktor E. Frankl (2011). “The Unheard Cry for Meaning: Psychotherapy and Humanism”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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You don't create your mission in life - you detect it.

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Journey, Missions, Missions In Life

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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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Individual, Should, Contribution

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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.

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Suffering, Heroic, Masochistic

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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.

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Abnormal, Behavior, Reactions

Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.29, Beacon Press

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Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it - likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.

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Strong, Famous Inspirational, Fire

Viktor E. Frankl (2000). “Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning”, Basic Books

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Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself.

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Goal, Psychology, Unintended Consequences

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I never would have made it if I could not have laughed. It lifted me momentarily out of this horrible situation, just enough to make it livable.

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Happiness, Laughter, Laughing

"Man's Search for Meaning". Book by Viktor Frankl, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1946.

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The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose ones attitude in any given circumstance.

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Gratitude, Attitude, Grateful

Choosing Optimism When Pessimism Would Be Easier" by Jason Mannino, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 9, 2009.

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...being human always points, and is directed, to something, or someone, other than oneself—be it meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter. The more one forgets himself—by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love—the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself.... What is called self-actualization is not an attainable aim at all, for the simple reason that the more one would strive for it, the more he would miss it. In other words, self-actualization is possible only as a side-effect of self-transcendence.

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Simple, Self, Giving

Viktor E. Frankl (2017). “Man's Search for Meaning: A Young Adult Edition”, p.109, Beacon Press

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One evening, when we were already resting on the floor of our hut, dead tired, soup bowls in hand, a fellow prisoner rushed in and asked us to run out to the assembly grounds and see the wonderful sunset. Standing outside we saw sinister clouds glowing in the west and the whole sky alive with clouds of ever-changing shapes and colors, from steel blue to blood red. The desolate grey mud huts provided a sharp contrast, while the puddles on the muddy ground reflected the glowing sky. Then, after minutes of moving silence, one prisoner said to another, "How beautiful the world could be.

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Beautiful, Running, Moving

Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.37, Beacon Press

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Born: March 26, 1905
Died: September 2, 1997
Occupation: M.D.
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