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Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.
Viktor E. Frankl
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Viktor E. Frankl
Age: 92 †
Born: 1905
Born: March 26
Died: 1997
Died: September 2
Existential Therapist
Neurologist
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Psychologist
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Vienna
Austria
Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl
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Usually, to be sure, man considers only the stubble field of transitoriness and overlooks the full granaries of the past, wherein he had salvaged once and for all his deeds, his joys and also his sufferings. Nothing can be undone, and nothing can be done away with. I should say having been is the surest kind of being.
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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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Set me like a seal upon thy heart, love is as strong as death.
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When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task. . . . He will have to acknowledge the fact that even in suffering he is unique and alone in the universe. No one can relieve him of his suffering or suffer in his place. His unique opportunity lies in the way in which he bears his burden.
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There are some authors who contend that meanings and values are nothing but defense mechanisms, reaction formations and sublimations. But as for myself, I would not be willing to live merely for the sake of my defense mechanisms, nor would I be ready to die merely for the sake of my reaction formations.
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Man is capable of changing the world for the better if possible, and of changing himself for the better if necessary.
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There are only two races, the decent and the indecent.
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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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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved.
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Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
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It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future and how we undermine it, today.
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A man who could not see the end of hisprovisional existence was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.
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