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title: "12 Man Search Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [“In suffering a man must search for his Maker.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/in-suffering-a-man-must-search-for-his-maker/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

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> [Man - a being in search of meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/man-a-being-in-search-of-meaning/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [“Man’s Search for Meaning, by Victor Frankel.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-ford/man-s-search-for-meaning-by-victor-frankel/)

[Judy Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-ford/)

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> [“Man’s Search for Meaning,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-ford/man-s-search-for-meaning/)

[Judy Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-ford/)

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> [Man is a being in search of meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/man-is-a-being-in-search-of-meaning/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [Man's search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-e-frankl/man-s-search-for-meaning-is-the-chief-motivation-of-his-life/)

[Viktor E. Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-e-frankl/)

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> [One of my favorite books is 'Man's Search for Meaning.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-s-sharma/one-of-my-favorite-books-is-man-s-search-for-meaning/)

[Robin S. Sharma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-s-sharma/)

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> [Man must search for what is right, and let happiness come on its own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/man-must-search-for-what-is-right-and-let-happiness-come-on-its-own/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/when-you-see-a-good-man-try-to-emulate-his-example-and-when-you-see-a/)

[Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/)

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> [“Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/man-s-search-for-meaning-by-viktor-e-frankl-the-rational-optimist-by/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

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> [“He's the man we were in search of, that's true, and yet he's not the man we were in search of. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/he-s-the-man-we-were-in-search-of-that-s-true-and-yet-he-s-not-the/)

[Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/)

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> [There comes a moment when people who have been dabbling in religion ('man's search for God'!) suddenly draw back. Supposing we really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-comes-a-moment-when-people-who-have-been-dabbling-in-religion/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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