View life as a series of movie frames, the ending and meaning may not be apparent until the very end of the movie, and yet, each of the hundreds of individual frames has meaning within the context of the whole movie.
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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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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No one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react.
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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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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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Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it – likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.
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The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.
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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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Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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It is this spiritual freedom – which cannot be taken away – that makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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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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In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
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We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.
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No one can take from us the ability to choose our attitudes toward the circumstances in which we find ourselves. This is the last of human freedoms.
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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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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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