Viktor Emil Frankl (26 March 1905 – 2 September 1997) was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaustsurvivor.
Frankl was the founder of logotherapy, which...
Viktor Frankl Life
Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'. Viktor Frankl
Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.
An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior. Viktor Frankl
An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one. Viktor Frankl
I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same. Viktor Frankl
No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete. Viktor Frankl
If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete.
Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. Viktor Frankl
Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. Viktor Frankl
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer. Viktor Frankl
But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
So live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now! Viktor Frankl
So live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!
In a position of utter desolation, when man cannot express himself in positive action, when his only achievement may consist in enduring his sufferings in the right way - an honorable way - in such a position man can, through loving contemplation of the i Viktor Frankl
In a position of utter desolation, when man cannot express himself in positive action, when his only achievement may consist in enduring his sufferings in the right way - an honorable way - in such a position man can, through loving contemplation of the i
In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice. Viktor Frankl
In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge that there is a meaning in one's life. Viktor Frankl
There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge that there is a meaning in one's life.