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For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one’s predicament into a human achievement.
Viktor E. Frankl
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Viktor E. Frankl
Age: 92 †
Born: 1905
Born: March 26
Died: 1997
Died: September 2
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Vienna
Austria
Viktor E. Frankl
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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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Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
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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.
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It is this spiritual freedom - which cannot be taken away - that makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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A man who could not see the end of hisprovisional existence was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.
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There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge that there is a meaning in one's life.
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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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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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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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