"How can we dare to predict the behavior……" — Viktor E. Frankl
"How can we dare to predict the behavior of man? We may predict the movements of a machine, of an automaton; more than this, we many even try to predict the mechanisms or "dynamisms" of the human psyche as well. But man is more than psyche."
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Viktor E. Frankl
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176 Quotes by Viktor E. Frankl
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