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What is to give light must endure burning.
Viktor E. Frankl
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Viktor E. Frankl
Age: 92 †
Born: 1905
Born: March 26
Died: 1997
Died: September 2
Existential Therapist
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Vienna
Austria
Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl
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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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Somewhere I heard a victorious Yes in answer to my question of the existence of ultimate purpose.
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Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him—mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp.
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Self-actualization cannot be attained if it is made an end in itself, but only as a side effect of self-transcendence.
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It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.
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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 he need fear anymore—except his God.
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