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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
Austria
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What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.
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If architects want to strengthen a decrepit arch, they increase the load which is laid upon it, for thereby the parts are joined more firmly together. So if therapists wish to foster their patients' mental health, they should not be afraid to increase that load through a reorientation toward the meaning of one's life.
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Ultimate freedom is a man's right to choose his attitude.
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The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude especially an attitude of gratitude in a given set of circumstances especially in difficult circumstances.
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
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Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
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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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Suffering presents us with a challenge: to find our goals and purpose in our lives that make even the worst situation worth living through.
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I would say that our patients never really despair because of any suffering in itself! Instead, their despair stems in each instance from a doubt as to whether suffering is meaningful. Man is ready and willing to shoulder any suffering as soon and as long as he can see a meaning in it.
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Man's last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation
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Austrian public-opinion pollsters recently reported that those held in highest esteem by most of the people interviewed are neither the great artists nor the great scientists, neither the great statesmen nor the great sport figures, but those who master a hard lot with their heads held high.
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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