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Viktor E. Frankl quotes

Austrian Psychologist March 26, 1905 – September 2, 1997

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Human potential at its best is to transform a tragedy into a personal triumph, to turn one's predicament into a human achievement. Viktor E. Frankl
We cannot, after all, judge a biography by its length, by the number of pages in it; we must judge by the richness of the contents...Sometimes the 'unfinisheds' are among the most beautiful symphonies. Viktor E. Frankl
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. Viktor E. Frankl
Even though conditions such as lack of sleep, insufficient food and various mental stresses may suggest that the inmates were bound to react in certain ways, in the final analysis it becomes clear that the sort of person the prisoner became was the result of an inner decision, and not the result of camp influences alone. Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor E. Frankl quote: "The last of human freedoms - the ability to choose one's..."
The last of human freedoms - the ability to choose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances. Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor E. Frankl quote: "The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's..."
The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances. Viktor E. Frankl
The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstance. Viktor E. Frankl
You may of course ask whether we really need to refer to "saints". Wouldn't it suffice just to refer to decent people? It is true that they form a minority. More than that, they always will remain a minority. And yet I see therein the very challenge to join the minority. For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best. Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor E. Frankl quote: "Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude."
Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude. Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor E. Frankl quote: "For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become..."
For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best. Viktor E. Frankl
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. Viktor E. Frankl
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. Viktor E. Frankl
At the beginning of human history, man lost some of the basic animal instincts in which an animal's behavior is embedded and by which it is secured. Such security, like paradise, is closed to man forever; man has to make choices. In addition to this, however, man has suffered another loss in his more recent development inasmuch as the traditions which buttressed his behavior are now rapidly diminishing. No instinct tells him what he has to do, and no tradition tells him what he ought to do;... Viktor E. Frankl
The crowning experience of all, for the homecoming man, is the wonderful feeling that, after all he has suffered, there is nothing he need fear anymore—except his God. Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor E. Frankl quote: "When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are..."
When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves. Viktor E. Frankl

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