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Viktor E. Frankl
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Meaning — not pleasure or power — is what humans most fundamentally seek, and it can be found even in unavoidable suffering.
trauma-and-survival
Spiritual freedom — which cannot be taken away — makes life meaningful and purposeful even in suffering barren of creation and enjoyment.
VLA-5830F510-RC-034'I am grateful that fate has hit me so hard,' she said. 'In my former life I was spoiled and did not take spiritual accomplishments seriously.'
VLA-5830F510-RC-035mortality
Even the helpless victim of a hopeless situation, facing a fate he cannot change, may rise above himself and turn a personal tragedy into a triumph.
VLA-5830F510-RC-068None of us had the slightest idea of the sinister meaning behind that little movement of a man's finger, pointing now to the right and now to the left.
VLA-5830F510-RC-008work-as-meaning
Dereflection is ultimately not possible except by the patient's orientation toward his specific vocation and mission in life.
VLA-5830F510-RC-061Turning suffering into a human achievement; deriving from guilt the opportunity to change oneself; deriving from life's transitoriness an incentive to responsible action.
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