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Most important, however, is the third avenue to meaning in life: even the helpless victim of a
hopeless situation, facing a fate he cannot change, may rise above himself, may grow beyond
himself, and by so doing change himself. He may turn a personal tragedy into a triumph.

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Inspirational, Fate, Challenges

Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.142, Beacon Press

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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.

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Inspirational Life, Wish, Together

"Man's Search For Meaning".

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Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered.

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Spiritual, Men, Effort

Viktor E Frankl (2012). “The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy”, p.40, Souvenir Press

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When we are not any lengthier capable to alter a predicament, we're challenged to alter ourselves

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Predicaments, Capable

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We cannot, after all, judge a biography by its length, by the number of pages in it; we must judge by the richness of the contents...Sometimes the 'unfinisheds' are among the most beautiful symphonies.

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Beautiful, Death, Symphony

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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.

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Men, Satisfaction, Instinct

Viktor E. Frankl (1966). “Man's Search for Meaning”

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What is demanded of man is not, as some existential philosophers teach, to endure the meaninglessness of life, but rather to bear his incapacity to grasp its unconditional meaningfulness in rational terms.

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Men, Bears, Philosopher

Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.118, Beacon Press

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The transitoriness of our existence in now way makes it meaningless. But it does constitute our responsibleness; for everything hinges upon our realizing the essentially transitory possibilities.

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Doe, Way, Realizing

Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.120, Beacon Press

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Because of social pressure, individualism is rejected by most people in favor of conformity. Thus the individual relies mainly upon the actions of others and neglects the meaning of his own personal life. Hence he sees his own life as meaningless and falls into the “existential vacuum” feeling inner void. Progressive automation causes increasing alcoholism, juvenile delinquency, and suicide.

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Suicide, Fall, People

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Ironically enough, in the same way that fear brings to pass what one is afraid of, likewise a forced intention makes impossible what one forcibly wishes... Pleasure is, and must remain, a side-effect or by-product, and is destroyed and spoiled to the degree to which it is made a goal in itself.

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Goal, Wish, Sides

Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.122, Beacon Press

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In his creative work the artist is dependent on sources and resources deriving from the spiritual unconscious.

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Spiritual, Artist, Creative

Viktor E. Frankl (2000). “Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning”, Basic Books

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It is this spiritual freedom - which cannot be taken away -
that makes life meaningful and purposeful.

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Meaningful, Spiritual, Taken

Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.56, Beacon Press

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A life of short duration...could be so rich in joy and love that it could contain more meaning than a life lasting eighty years.

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Years, Joy, And Love

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Set me like a seal upon thy heart, love is as strong as death.

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Strong, Heart, Love Is

Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.36, Beacon Press

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Only to the extent that someone is living out this self transcendence of human existence, is he truly human or does he become his true self. He becomes so, not by concerning himself with his self's actualization, but by forgetting himself and giving himself, overlooking himself and focusing outward.

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Life, Self, Giving

Viktor E. Frankl (2011). “The Unheard Cry for Meaning: Psychotherapy and Humanism”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.

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Responsibility, Liberty, West

Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.101, Beacon Press

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

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Men, Challenges, Meaning Of Life

Viktor E. Frankl (1985). “Man's Search For Meaning”, p.131, Simon and Schuster

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In psychiatry there is a certain condition known as delusion of reprieve. The condemned man, immediately before his execution, gets the illusion that he might be reprieved at the very last minute. No one could yet grasp the fact that everything would be taken away. all we possessed, literally, was our naked existence.

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Taken, Men, Execution

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It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.

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Happiness, Pursuit Of Happiness, Pursuit

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I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved.

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Men, World, May

Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.35, Beacon Press

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Man is capable of changing the world for the better if possible, and of changing himself for the better if necessary.

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Men, World, Search For Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.129, Beacon Press

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A man's concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.

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Mean, Men, Despair

Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.104, Beacon Press

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Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

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Fear, May

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Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy.

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Humanity, Existential, Psychotherapy

Viktor E. Frankl (2000). “Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning”, Basic Books

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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.

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Sports, Sacrifice, Men

Viktor E. Frankl (2011). “The Unheard Cry for Meaning: Psychotherapy and Humanism”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

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Born: March 26, 1905
Died: September 2, 1997
Occupation: M.D.
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