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 (1905–1997), Psychiater

Source: Ärztliche Seelsorge. Grundlagen der Logotherapie und Existenzanalyse (1946), S. 43

Topics: Work & Vocation, Meaning & Identity, Wisdom & Understanding

Viktor Frankl

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.

All quotes by Viktor Frankl (10)

More on this topic

God has not called us to success, only to faithfulness.
Mother Teresa

Jenny, God has made me for a purpose – for China; but He has also made me fast, and when I run, I feel His pleasure
Eric Liddell

The time of business does not differ with me from the time of prayer; and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquility as if I were on my knees.
Brother Lawrence

Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength… It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The bow cannot be always bent without fear of breaking. Repose is as needful to the mind as sleep to the body… Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon

It may be that the Last Day will dawn tomorrow; if so, we will gladly lay down our work for a better future, but not before.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
Tim Keller

Our Lord's example is our example, not only on Calvary but in the workshop, on the road, in the crowd, amid interruptions, amid opposition, amid the lack of quiet and privacy, amid constant demands.
C.S. Lewis

All quotes · lumen.bible