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These tasks, and therefore the meaning of life, differ from man to man, and from moment to moment. Thus it is impossible to define the meaning in life in a general way.
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
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It said to me, 'I am here — I am here — I am life, eternal life.'
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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. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features.
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Usually, to be sure, man considers only the stubble field of transitoriness and overlooks the full granaries of the past, wherein he had salvaged once and for all his deeds, his joys and also his sufferings. Nothing can be undone, and nothing can be done away with. I should say having been is the surest kind of being.
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
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I do the unpleasant tasks before I do the pleasant ones.
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Most men in a concentration camp believed that the real opportunities of life had passed. Yet, in reality, there was an opportunity and a challenge. One could make a victory of those experiences, turning life into an inner triumph, or one could ignore the challenge and simply vegetate, as did a majority of the prisoners.
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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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It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.
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Ultimately, we are not subject to the conditions that confront us rather, these conditions are subject to our decision ... we must decide whether we will face up or give in, whether or not we will let ourselves be determined by the conditions.
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Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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As such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.
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Between stimulus and response is the freedom to choose.
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Happiness cannot be pursued it must ensue.
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No one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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Man's search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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