“I think it was Lessing who once said, 'There are things which must cause you to lose your reason or you have… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Logotherapy, keeping in mind the essential transitoriness of human existence, is not pessimistic but rather activistic. To express this point figuratively we… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Those who know how close the connection is between the state of mind of a man-his courage and hope, or lack of… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
But my mind clung to my wife's image, imagining it with an uncanny acuteness. I heard her answering me, saw her smile,… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Apathy, the blunting of the emotions and the feeling that one could not care any more, were the symptoms arising during the… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Victor Frankl: By declaring that man is responsible and must actualize the potential meaning of his life, I wish to stress that… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future - sub specie aeternitatis. And this… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“For too long a time--for half a century, in fact--psychiatry tried to interpret the human mind merely as a mechanism, and consequently… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“When we spoke about attempts to give a man in camp mental courage, we said that he had to be shown something… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Thus suffering completely fills the human soul and conscious mind, no matter whether the suffering is great or little. Therefore the 'size'… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“so the man who has suddenly been liberated from mental pressure can suffer damage to his moral and spiritual health. During” — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future...And this is his salvation in the… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Even though conditions such as lack of sleep, insufficient food and various mental stresses may suggest that the inmates were bound to… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions. — 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
