Sunday neurosis, that kind of depression which afflicts people who become aware of the lack of content in their lives when the rush of the busy week is over and the void within themselves becomes manifest.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLBut my mind clung to my wife’s image, imagining it with an uncanny acuteness. I heard her answering me, saw her smile, her frank and encouraging look. Real or not, her look then was more luminous than the sun which was beginning to rise.
More Viktor E. Frankl Quotes
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No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
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Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him-mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp.
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What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.
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Each of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life.
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Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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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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Man ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education towards the ability to decide
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There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.
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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 struggle for existence is a struggle ‘for’ something; it is purposeful and only in so being is it meaningful and able to bring meaning into life.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
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