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Existential Quotes by Viktor E. Frankl
- The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.
- Despair is suffering without meaning.
- I would say that our patients never really despair because of any suffering in itself! Instead, their despair stems in each instance from a doubt…
- It is true that we can see the therapist as a technician only if we have first viewed the patient as some sort of machine.
- These tasks, and therefore the meaning of life, differ from man to man, and from moment to moment. Thus it is impossible to define the…
- A man's concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
- What is demanded of man is not, as some existential philosophers teach, to endure the meaninglessness of life, but rather to bear his incapacity to…
- Because of social pressure, individualism is rejected by most people in favor of conformity. Thus the individual relies mainly upon the actions of others and…
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- For my generation, coming of age at the height of the Cold War, fear of nuclear winter seemed the leading existential threat… — Ban Ki-moon
- Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consolation for death. — Simone de Beauvoir
- Most people are other people. — Oscar Wilde
- First, you hand over some basics-overwhelming joy, existential angst, a giving-in to desire, etc. And then you promise to withstand talking idly… — Julianna Baggott
- Love is the essential existential fact. It is our ultimate reality and our purpose on earth. — Marianne Williamson
- There can be no question of holding forth on ethics. I have seen people behave badly with great morality and I note… — Albert Camus