It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today. Viktor E. Frankl More Quotes by Viktor E. Frankl More Quotes From Viktor E. Frankl Sports allow men to build up situations of emergency. What he then demands of himself is unnecessary achievement - and unnecessary sacrifice. He artificially creates the tension that he has been spared by affluent society. Viktor E. Frankl sacrifice sports men Such a value system might be responsible for the fact that the burden of unavoidable unhappiness is increased by unhappiness about being unhappy. Viktor E. Frankl unhappy might facts Usually, to be sure, man considers only the stubble field of transitoriness and overlooks the full granaries of the past, wherein he had salvaged once and for all his deeds, his joys and also his sufferings. Nothing can be undone, and nothing can be done away with. I should say having been is the surest kind of being. Viktor E. Frankl joy men past Man's search for meaning is the primary motivation in his life and not a "secondary rationalization" of instinctual drives. This meaning is unique and specific in that it must and can be fulfilled by him alone; only then does it achieve a significance which will satisfy his own will to meaning. Viktor E. Frankl motivation unique men No one can take from us the ability to choose our attitudes toward the circumstances in which we find ourselves. This is the last of human freedoms. Viktor E. Frankl lasts circumstances attitude Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered. Viktor E. Frankl effort spiritual men No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. Viktor E. Frankl beloved-person essence inspirational A man who could not see the end of his"provisional existence" was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life. Viktor E. Frankl able goal men We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life. Viktor E. Frankl mans-search-for-meaning asking life It is always important to have something yet to do in life. Viktor E. Frankl important There is also purpose in life which is almost barren of both creation and enjoyment and which admits of but one possibility of high moral behavior: namely, in man's attitude to his existence, an existence restricted by external forces. Viktor E. Frankl attitude men life But my mind clung to my wife's image, imagining it with an uncanny acuteness. I heard her answering me, saw her smile, her frank and encouraging look. Real or not, her look then was more luminous than the sun which was beginning to rise. Viktor E. Frankl wife real mind One can choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances. Viktor E. Frankl positive-thinking freedom attitude The crowning experience of all, for the homecoming man, is the wonderful feeling that, after all he has suffered, there is nothing he need fear anymore—except his God. Viktor E. Frankl fear feelings men I became acquainted with those martyrs whose behavior in camp, whose suffering and death, bore witness to the fact that the last inner freedom cannot be lost. Viktor E. Frankl suffering-and-death lasts attitude Here lies the chance for a man either to make use of or to forgo the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult situation may afford him. And this decides whether he is worthy of his sufferings or not. Viktor E. Frankl opportunity men lying It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions. Viktor E. Frankl mans-search-for-meaning search-for-meaning conditions No one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react. Viktor E. Frankl freedom-to-choose It is true that we can see the therapist as a technician only if we have first viewed the patient as some sort of machine. Viktor E. Frankl machines patient firsts Happiness must ensue. It cannot be pursued Viktor E. Frankl pursued
