Viktor Frankl

Every therapy must in some way, no matter how restricted, also be logotherapy.

Viktor Frankl

For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person’s life at a given moment.

Viktor Frankl

For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one’s predicament into a human achievement.

Viktor Frankl

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

Viktor Frankl

Freedom is but the negative aspect of the whole phenomenon whose positive aspect is responsibleness.

Viktor Frankl

Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him-mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp.

Viktor Frankl

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 Frankl

Honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the land.

Viktor Frankl

Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn.

Viktor Frankl

Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.

Viktor Frankl