What was really needed was a fundamental change
in our attitude toward life. We had to learn ourselves
and, furthermore, we had to teach the despairing men,
that 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.
These tasks, and therefore the meaning of life, differ
from man to man, and from moment to moment. Thus
it is impossible to define the meaning of life in a general
way. Questions about the meaning of life can never be
answered by sweeping statements. "Life" does not
mean something vague, but something very real and
concrete, just as life's tasks are also very real and
concrete. They form man's destiny, which is different
and unique for each individual. No man and no destiny
can be compared with any other man or any other
destiny. No situation repeats itself, and each situation
calls for a different response.
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