It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life—daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual.

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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

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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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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

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This is the core of the human spirit ... If we can find something to live for - if we can find some meaning to put at the center of our lives - even the worst kind of suffering becomes bearable.

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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

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Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.

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The meaning of my life is to help others find meaning in theirs.

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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing

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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

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