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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
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Vienna
Austria
Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl
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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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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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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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Sunday neurosis, that kind of depression which afflicts people who become aware of the lack of content in their lives when the rush of the busy week is over and the void within themselves becomes manifest.
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Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be
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Ultimate freedom is a man's right to choose his attitude.
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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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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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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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Between stimulus and response is the freedom to choose.
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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.
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I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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Logotherapy . . . considers man as a being whose main concern consists in fulfilling a meaning and in actualizing values, rather than in the mere gratification and satisfaction of drives and instincts.
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The meaning of my life is to help others find meaning in theirs.
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Love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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It is this spiritual freedom - which cannot be taken away - that makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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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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Man's search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
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