In a last violent protest against the hopelessness of imminent death, I sensed my spirit piercing through the enveloping gloom. I felt… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
If architects want to strengthen a decrepit arch, they increase the load which is laid upon it, for thereby the parts are… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
What will it matter to him if he notices that he is growing old? Has he any reason to envy the young… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
It is true that we can see the therapist as a technician only if we have first viewed the patient as some… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
This is the core of the human spirit ... If we can find something to live for - if we can find… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists. — 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
Self-actualization cannot be attained if it is made an end in itself, but only as a side effect of self-transcendence. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
If we take a man as he is, we make him worse, but if we take man as he should be we… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
I never would have made it if I could not have laughed. It lifted me momentarily out of this horrible situation, just… — 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