A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
VIKTOR FRANKLA man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
VIKTOR FRANKLFor the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.
VIKTOR FRANKLMan does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
VIKTOR FRANKLHumor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
VIKTOR FRANKLIt isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
VIKTOR FRANKLMan’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
VIKTOR FRANKLA human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
VIKTOR FRANKLOur greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, we are always free to choose our thoughts.
VIKTOR FRANKLEach of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life.
VIKTOR FRANKLForces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
VIKTOR FRANKLWe can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.
VIKTOR FRANKLSo live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!
VIKTOR FRANKLThe more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
VIKTOR FRANKLLive as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
VIKTOR FRANKLThe salvation of man is through love and in love.
VIKTOR FRANKLThe point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
VIKTOR FRANKL