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Humor was another of the soul's weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
And I quoted from Nietzsche: That which does not kill me, makes me stronger.
Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time.
The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.
The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
Man's last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today.
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.
Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality
It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake.
Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
Since Auschwitz, we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima, we know what is at stake.
When we are not any lengthier capable to alter a predicament, we're challenged to alter ourselves
Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn.
Somewhere I heard a victorious "Yes" in answer to my question of the existence of ultimate purpose.
Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence.
It is this spiritual freedom - which cannot be taken away - that makes life meaningful and purposeful.
I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.
Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.
Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.
Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it.
For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.
Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy.
Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be
Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered.
Man ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education towards the ability to decide
In his creative work the artist is dependent on sources and resources deriving from the spiritual unconscious.
A man who could not see the end of his"provisional existence" was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.
Each of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life.
Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
We had to learn...that it did not really matter what we expected from life but rather what life expected from us.
In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
Man is capable of changing the world for the better if possible, and of changing himself for the better if necessary.
Self-actualization cannot be attained if it is made an end in itself, but only as a side effect of self-transcendence.
The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.
Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
Sleep [is like] a dove which has landed near one's hand and stays there as long as one does not pay any attention to it.
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.
In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.