Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLInstead of possibilities, I have realities in my past, not only the reality of work done and of love loved, but of sufferings bravely suffered. These sufferings are even the things of which I am most proud, though these are things which cannot inspire envy.
More Viktor E. Frankl Quotes
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The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.
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Man 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.
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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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This is the core of the human spirit … If we can find something to live for – if we can find some meaning to put at the center of our lives – even the worst kind of suffering becomes bearable.
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What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.
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Ultimately, we are not subject to the conditions that confront us; rather, these conditions are subject to our decision … we must decide whether we will face up or give in, whether or not we will let ourselves be determined by the conditions.
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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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There are only two races, the decent and the indecent.
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What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.
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Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy.
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
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The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
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You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.
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It is always important to have something yet to do in life.
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