Author: Viktor E. Frankl

Quotes

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

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

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

- 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

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

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

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 more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.

The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.

- 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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