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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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
Professor
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Surgeon
Writer
Vienna
Austria
Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl
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Men
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The meaning of my life is to help others find meaning in theirs.
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The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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Each of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life.
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The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.
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We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed 2. by experiencing a value and 3. by suffering.
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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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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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A life of short duration...could be so rich in joy and love that it could contain more meaning than a life lasting eighty years.
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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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Between stimulus and response is the freedom to choose.
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Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
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Pain from problems and disappointments, etc., is inevitable in life, but suffering is a choice determined by whether you choose to compare your experience and pain to something better and therefore feel unlucky and bitter or to something worse and therefore feel lucky and grateful!
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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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It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future...And this is his salvation in the most difficult moments of his existence, although he sometimes has to force his mind to the task.
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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved.
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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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The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.
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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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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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