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. FRANKLIt is true that we can see the therapist as a technician only if we have first viewed the patient as some sort of machine.
More Viktor E. Frankl Quotes
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Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered.
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
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One can choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.
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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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As such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.
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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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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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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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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.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.
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The last freedom is choosing your attitude.
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