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We had to learn...that it did not really matter what we expected from life but rather what life expected from us.
Viktor E. Frankl
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Viktor E. Frankl
Age: 92 †
Born: 1905
Born: March 26
Died: 1997
Died: September 2
Existential Therapist
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Vienna
Austria
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It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.
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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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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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Instead of possibilities, I have realities in my past, not only the reality of work done and of love loved, but of sufferings bravely suffered. These sufferings are even the things of which I am most proud, though these are things which cannot inspire envy.
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Most important, however, is the third avenue to meaning in life: even the helpless victim of a hopeless situation, facing a fate he cannot change, may rise above himself, may grow beyond himself, and by so doing change himself. He may turn a personal tragedy into a triumph.
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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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Having been is also a kind of being, and perhaps the surest kind.
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Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them. In other words, man is ultimately self-determining. Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment.
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There are only two races, the decent and the indecent.
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Success is total self-acceptance.
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It said to me, 'I am here — I am here — I am life, eternal life.'
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The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.
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Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.
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It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.
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It is here that we encounter the central theme of existentialism: to live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering.
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We dislike talking about our experiences. No explanations are needed for those who have been inside, and the others will understand neither how we felt then nor how we feel now.
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When we are not any lengthier capable to alter a predicament, we're challenged to alter ourselves
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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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