“What was really needed was a fundamental change in our attitude toward life. We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather… — Viktor Frankl Copy Share
“We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We need to stop asking about the meaning… — Viktor Frankl Copy Share Image
“The experiences of camp life show that man does have a choice of action… There were enough examples, often of a heroic nature, which proved that apathy could be overcome, irritability suppressed. Man can preserve a vestige of spiritual freedom, of independence of mind, even in such terrible conditions of psychic and physical stress. We who lived in concentration camps… — Viktor Frankl Copy Share
Being tolerant does not mean that I share another ones belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another ones right to believe, and… — Viktor Frankl Copy Share Image
“Each of us has his own inner concentration camp... We must deal with, with forgiveness and patience-as full human beings, as we are and… — Viktor Frankl Copy Share Image
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be… — Viktor Frankl Copy Share Image
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life¦ Therein he cannot be reíplaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyones task… — Viktor Frankl Copy Share Image
“Precisely this one, which I had intended to be published anonymously so that it could never build any reputation on the part of the author, did become a success… Don't aim at success - the more you aim and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued, it must… — Viktor Frankl Copy Share
“Wouldn't it suffice just to refer to decent people? It is true that they form a minority. More than that, they always will remain a minority. And yet I see therein the very challenge to join the minority. For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best. So,… — Viktor Frankl Copy Share
“If you treat people to a vision of themselves, if you apparently overrate them, you make them become what they are capable of becoming.” — Viktor Frankl Copy Share Image
“Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!" It seems to me that there is nothing which would stimulate a man's sense of responsibleness more than this maxim, which invites him to imagine first that the present is past… — Viktor Frankl Copy Share
“What was really needed was a fundamental change in our attitude toward life. We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of… — Viktor Frankl Copy Share
“What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal, a freely chosen task. What… — Viktor Frankl Copy Share Image
“Man does not simply exist, but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment..” — Viktor Frankl Copy Share Image
