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The struggle for existence is a struggle 'for' something it is purposeful and only in so being is it meaningful and able to bring meaning into 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
Neurologist
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Psychiatrist
Psychologist
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Vienna
Austria
Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl
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At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence.
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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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No one can take from us the ability to choose our attitudes toward the circumstances in which we find ourselves. This is the last of human freedoms.
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God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies
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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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Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.
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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.
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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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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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Somewhere I heard a victorious Yes in answer to my question of the existence of ultimate purpose.
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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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View life as a series of movie frames, the ending and meaning may not be apparent until the very end of the movie, and yet, each of the hundreds of individual frames has meaning within the context of the whole movie.
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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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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 more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes.
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The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in its spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.
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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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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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