“He main retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp. Dostoevsky said once, 'There is only one thing that I dread:… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“The story of the young woman whose death I witnessed in a concentration camp. It is a simple story. There is little… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him-mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Most men in a concentration camp believed that the real opportunities of life had passed. Yet, in reality, there was an opportunity… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes -… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“In the concentration camps, for example, in this living laboratory and on this testing ground, we watched and witnessed some of our… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
When I was taken to the concentration camp of Auschwitz, a manuscript of mine ready for publication was confiscated. Certainly, my deep… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“In the concentration camps...we watched and witnessed some of our comrades behave like swine while others behaved like saints. Man has both… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
[Speaking of his experience in a concentration camp:] As we said before, any attempt to restore a man's inner strength in the… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“There is much wisdom in the words of Nietzsche: “He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“THIS BOOK DOES not claim to be an account of facts and events but of personal experiences, experiences which millions of prisoners… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Sigmund Freud once asserted, "Let one attempt to expose a number of the most diverse people uniformly to hunger. With the increase… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“In the past, nothing is irretrievably lost, but rather, on the contrary, everything is irrevocably stored and treasured. To be sure, people tend to… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer... his unique opportunity lies in the way he bears his burden. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“A positive attitude enables a person to endure suffering and disappointment as well as enhance enjoyment and satisfaction. A negative attitude intensifies pain and… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Man's last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
In a last violent protest against the hopelessness of imminent death, I sensed my spirit piercing through the enveloping gloom. I felt it transcend… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one's belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one's right to believe, and… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image