Don't sacrifice who you could be for who you are.
03731 – Meaning vs. Distraction
When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.
03486 – Changing Ourselves
We must never forget that we might also find meaning in life when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed... When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
03347 – Give Life Meaning
The meaning of life is to give life meaning.
01764 – Humanity Has a Choice of Action
[from his time as an inmate at Auschwitz:] The experiences of camp life show that humanity does have a choice of action. There were enough examples, often of a heroic nature, which proved that apathy could be overcome, irritability suppressed. Humanity can preserve a...
01754 – Space Between Stimulus & Response
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.
01597 – Challenged to Change Ourselves
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.