Author: Viktor E. Frankl

Quotes

When we are no longer able to change a situation - just think of an incurable disease such as an inoperable cancer - we are challenged to change ourselves.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - just think of an incurable disease such as an inoperable cancer - we are challenged to change ourselves.

- Viktor E. Frankl

We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread.

We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread.

- Viktor E. Frankl

Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it.

Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it.

- Viktor E. Frankl

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

- Viktor E. Frankl

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.

- Viktor E. Frankl

Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.

Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.

- Viktor E. Frankl

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.

- Viktor E. Frankl

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

- Viktor E. Frankl

Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.

Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.

- Viktor E. Frankl

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