Quotes by Viktor Frankl
Viktor Frankl (1905–1997) — Psychiater · keine · Österreich
Viktor Frankl (1905–1997) war ein österreichischer Neurologe, Psychiater und Philosoph in Wien sowie der Begründer der Logotherapie und Existenzanalyse. Bekannt durch sein Werk »… trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen«, betonte der Überlebende nationalsozialistischer Konzentrationslager die Freiheit des Menschen, selbst unter schwerstem Leiden eine sinnstiftende Haltung einzunehmen. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Gedanken psychologische Anknüpfungspunkte für Seelsorge und Leidbewältigung, während Fachleute und Historiker einzelne autobiografische Darstellungen und methodische Prämissen seiner Sinnlehre kritisch diskutierten.
Era: The 20th Century
Recurring topics: Meaning & Identity, Suffering & the Question of God, Freedom & Truth, Hope & Confidence, Courage & Strength, Wisdom & Understanding, Faith & Trust, Grief & Comfort
Quotes by Viktor Frankl
How often is it only the ruins that reveal the view of the sky.
Viktor Frankl
The spiritual freedom of man, which cannot be taken from him until his last breath, allows him, even until his last breath, to find the opportunity to shape his life meaningfully.
Viktor Frankl
All of us who escaped with our lives through thousands upon thousands of fortunate coincidences or miracles of God—whatever one wishes to call it—we know it and can calmly state it: the best did not return.
Viktor Frankl
Who among those who experienced the concentration camp would not know how to tell of those human figures who walked across the roll-call squares or through the barracks of the camp, offering a kind word here, the last bite of bread there?
Viktor Frankl
Being human never means having to be just so and not otherwise; being human always means always being able to become different.
Viktor Frankl
Meaning cannot be given, but must be found.
Viktor Frankl
In reality, however, there are only two races of people: namely, the race of decent people and the race of indecent people. And racial segregation runs right across all nations and, within every single nation, right across all parties.
Viktor Frankl
One therefore had to make the camp inmates, whenever the opportunity arose here and there, conscious of the 'why' of their lives, their life's purpose, so that they were internally equal to the terrible 'how' of their present existence, the terrors of camp life.
Viktor Frankl
The task changes not only from person to person, corresponding to the uniqueness of each individual, but also from hour to hour, according to the singularity of each situation.
Viktor Frankl
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Sources: wikipedia.org, psychologytoday.com, pursuit-of-happiness.org, jhu.edu
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