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It is this spiritual freedom - which cannot be taken away - that makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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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Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
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Vienna
Austria
Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl
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Austrian public-opinion pollsters recently reported that those held in highest esteem by most of the people interviewed are neither the great artists nor the great scientists, neither the great statesmen nor the great sport figures, but those who master a hard lot with their heads held high.
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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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Man ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education towards the ability to decide
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Instead of possibilities, I have realities in my past, not only the reality of work done and of love loved, but of sufferings bravely suffered. These sufferings are even the things of which I am most proud, though these are things which cannot inspire envy.
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In psychiatry there is a certain condition known as delusion of reprieve. The condemned man, immediately before his execution, gets the illusion that he might be reprieved at the very last minute. No one could yet grasp the fact that everything would be taken away. all we possessed, literally, was our naked existence.
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The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.
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No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
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Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy.
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Happiness must ensue. It cannot be pursued
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The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
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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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The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.
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But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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Ultimate freedom is a man's right to choose his attitude.
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For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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The last freedom is choosing your attitude.
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Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
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Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
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