Men Quotes by Viktor E. Frankl

53 Men quotes by Viktor E. Frankl

Viktor E. Frankl talks about why we look for meaning, how we can choose our reaction, and why love matters most. He says a hard life can become a chance to grow. He also notes that our mind and hope affect our health.

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Man's inner strength may raise him above his outward faith.

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Love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.

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It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.

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Man's search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.

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Man's last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation

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Man's inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.

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Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake.

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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.

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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…

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We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece…

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Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation…

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When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer... his unique opportunity lies in the way he bears his burden.

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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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If we take a man as he is, we make him worse, but if we take man as he should be we…

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The crowning experience of all, for the homecoming man, is the wonderful feeling that, after all he has suffered, there is nothing…

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A man's concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.

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I would say that our patients never really despair because of any suffering in itself! Instead, their despair stems in each instance…

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When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task; his…

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Those who know how close the connection is between the state of mind of a man-his courage and hope, or lack of…

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How can we dare to predict the behavior of man? We may predict the movements of a machine, of an automaton; more…

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Sports allow men to build up situations of emergency. What he then demands of himself is unnecessary achievement - and unnecessary sacrifice.…

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It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future...And this is his salvation in the…

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The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up…

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Man's search for meaning is the primary motivation in his life and not a "secondary rationalization" of instinctual drives. This meaning is…

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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 -…

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I shall never forget how I was roused one night by the groans of a fellow prisoner, who threw himself about in…

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I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world may still know bliss, be it only for a brief…

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The salvation of man is through love and in love.

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Ultimate freedom is a man's right to choose his attitude.

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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.

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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.

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At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence.

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But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage,…

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I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for a brief…

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Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.

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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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A man who could not see the end of his"provisional existence" was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.

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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…

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Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them.

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These tasks, and therefore the meaning of life, differ from man to man, and from moment to moment. Thus it is impossible…

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“our sacrifice did have a meaning.”

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In a last violent protest against the hopelessness of imminent death, I sensed my spirit piercing through the enveloping gloom. I felt it transcend…

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“But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.”

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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…

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“I think it was Lessing who once said, 'There are things which must cause you to lose your reason or you have none to…

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“I believe that my handicap will only enhance my ability to help others. I know that without the suffering, the growth that I have…

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“He main retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp. Dostoevsky said once, 'There is only one thing that I dread: not to…

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