A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes-within the limits of endowment and environment-he has made out of himself.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLI am absolutely convinced that the gas chambers of Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Maidanek were ultimately prepared not in some ministry or other in Berlin, but rather at the desks and in the lecture halls of nihilistic scientists and philosophers.
More Viktor E. Frankl Quotes
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The last of human freedoms – the ability to chose one’s attitude especially an attitude of gratitude in a given set of circumstances especially in difficult circumstances.
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
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Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
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I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death human life cannot be complete.
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It is this spiritual freedom – which cannot be taken away – that makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!
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The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.
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Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy.
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself.
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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 in life in a general way.
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There are only two races, the decent and the indecent.
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Once an individual’s search for meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with suffering
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