If we take a man as he is, we make him worse, but if we take man as he should be we make him capable of becoming what he can be.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLNow, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy.
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A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the “why” for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any “how.”
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Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.
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It is here that we encounter the central theme of existentialism: to live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering.
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long run- in the long run, I say! – success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think of it.
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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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We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life.
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A man who could not see the end of his”provisional existence” was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.
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The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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It is true that we can see the therapist as a technician only if we have first viewed the patient as some sort of machine.
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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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Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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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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It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds.
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