At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time. — Viktor E. 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… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Instead of possibilities, I have realities in my past, not only the reality of work done and of love loved, but of… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“we can predict his future only within the large framework of a statistical survey referring to a whole group; the individual personality,… — 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
“Therefore, it was necessary to face up to the full amount of suffering, trying to keep moments of weakness and furtive tears… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
These tasks, and therefore the meaning of life, differ from man to man, and from moment to moment. Thus it is impossible… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
At such a moment, it is not the physical pain which hurts the most (and this applies to adults as much as… — 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
“In the past, nothing is irretrievably lost, but rather, on the contrary, everything is irrevocably stored and treasured. To be sure, people… — Viktor E. 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… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“In a different connection, we have already spoken of the tendency there was to look into the past, to help make the… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“that, in spite of this, I had no intention of losing hope and giving up. For no man knew what the future… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world may still know bliss, be it only for a brief… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“there is no reason to pity old people. Instead, young people should envy them. It is true that the old have no… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by… — 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
“they did not take their life seriously and despised it as something of no consequence. They preferred to close their eyes and… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Live as if you were living for the second time and had acted as wrongly the first time as you are about… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning” — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life, I saw the truth as it is set into song by… — 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
I try to do everything as soon as possible, and not at the last moment. This ensures that, when I am overburdened… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for a brief… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
For the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Usually, to be sure, man considers only the stubble field of transitoriness and overlooks the full granaries of the past, wherein he… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Just consider a child who, absorbed in play, forgets himself—this is the moment to take a snapshot; when you wait until he… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Both used the typical argument—they had nothing more to expect from life. In both cases it was a question of getting them… — 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
