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There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge that there is a meaning in one's life.
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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Ultimately, we are not subject to the conditions that confront us rather, these conditions are subject to our decision ... we must decide whether we will face up or give in, whether or not we will let ourselves be determined by the conditions.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
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Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
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Sleep [is like] a dove which has landed near one's hand and stays there as long as one does not pay any attention to it.
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Sports allow men to build up situations of emergency. What he then demands of himself is unnecessary achievement - and unnecessary sacrifice. He artificially creates the tension that he has been spared by affluent society.
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Happiness cannot be pursued it must ensue.
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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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Once an individual's search for meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with suffering
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No one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react.
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