Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
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A thought transfixed me for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truththat love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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For the first time in my life, I was able to understand the words, 'The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.'
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The crowning experience of all, ... is the wonderful feeling that, after all he has suffered, there is nothing he need fear any more except his God.
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When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task.... He will have to acknowledge the fact that even in suffering he is unique and alone in the universe. No one can relieve him of his suffering or suffer in his place. His unique opportunity lies in the way in which he bears his burden.
Viktor E. Frankl
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