Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor. Frankl was the founder of logotherapy, which is a form of existential analysis, the "Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy". His best-selling book Man's Search for Meaningchronicles his experiences as a concentration camp inmate, which led him to discover the importance of finding meaning in all forms of existence, even the most brutal ones, and thus, a reason to continue living. Frankl became one of the...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth26 March 1905
CountryAustria
Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way
Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedom -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.
No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life.
It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.
Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved.
The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.
If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
Being tolerant does not mean that I share another ones belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another ones right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.