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

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What is to give light must endure burning.

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

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

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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.

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

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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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Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

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