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We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
