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Man's inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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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It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds.
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Here lies the chance for a man either to make use of or to forgo the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult situation may afford him. And this decides whether he is worthy of his sufferings or not.
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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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It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.
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Love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.
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As such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.
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The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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Ironically enough, in the same way that fear brings to pass what one is afraid of, likewise a forced intention makes impossible what one forcibly wishes... Pleasure is, and must remain, a side-effect or by-product, and is destroyed and spoiled to the degree to which it is made a goal in itself.
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When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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It is true that we can see the therapist as a technician only if we have first viewed the patient as some sort of machine.
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The last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
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In his creative work the artist is dependent on sources and resources deriving from the spiritual unconscious.
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Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake.
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Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it - likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.
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A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the why for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any how.
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I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long run- in the long run, I say! - success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think of it.
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The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.
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Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself.
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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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