If we take a man as he is, we make him worse, but if we take man as he should be we make him capable of becoming what he can be. Viktor E. Frankl More Quotes by Viktor E. Frankl More Quotes From Viktor E. Frankl We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering. Viktor E. Frankl different suffering life Love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. Viktor E. Frankl love-is men life You can take away my wife, you can take away my children, you can strip me of my clothes and my freedom, but there is one thing no person can ever take away from me - and that is my freedom to choose how I will react to what happens to me! Viktor E. Frankl clothes wife children The last freedom is choosing your attitude. Viktor E. Frankl lasts attitude The salvation of man is through love and in love. Viktor E. Frankl love men life Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists. Viktor E. Frankl remembrance deny pain Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual. Viktor E. Frankl growth responsibility mean Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them. Viktor E. Frankl determined giving men Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. Viktor E. Frankl stimulus-and-response mans-search-for-meaning chaos Ultimately, we are not subject to the conditions that confront us; rather, these conditions are subject to our decision ... we must decide whether we will face up or give in, whether or not we will let ourselves be determined by the conditions. Viktor E. Frankl decision faces giving The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected. Viktor E. Frankl mans-search-for-meaning existence Logotherapy . . . considers man as a being whose main concern consists in fulfilling a meaning and in actualizing values, rather than in the mere gratification and satisfaction of drives and instincts. Viktor E. Frankl instinct satisfaction men Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn. Viktor E. Frankl groups would-be kindness The last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. Viktor E. Frankl inspiring motivational life Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake. Viktor E. Frankl stakes politics men Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant. Viktor E. Frankl next doe men If architects want to strengthen a decrepit arch, they increase the load which is laid upon it, for thereby the parts are joined more firmly together. So if therapists wish to foster their patients' mental health, they should not be afraid to increase that load through a reorientation toward the meaning of one's life. Viktor E. Frankl inspirational-life wish together It said to me, 'I am here — I am here — I am life, eternal life.' Viktor E. Frankl eternal-life here-i-am said As for the concept of collective guilt, I personally think that it is totally unjustified to hold one person responsible for the behavior of another person or a collective of persons. Viktor E. Frankl behavior guilt thinking I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair. Viktor E. Frankl writing life book
