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
For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment. Viktor Frankl
For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.
Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible. Viktor Frankl
Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives. Viktor Frankl
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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 an Viktor Frankl
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 an
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.
Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. Viktor Frankl
Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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 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.
An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior. Viktor Frankl
An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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.
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'.