Viktor E. Frankl
Born: 03-25-1905
Viktor E. Frankl was an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor, and author best known for his groundbreaking work, "Man's Search for Meaning." As the founder of logotherapy, Frankl focused on the human search for purpose as a central motivational force. His experiences in Nazi concentration camps deeply influenced his psychological theories, highlighting the resilience of the human spirit. Frankl's work continues to inspire those seeking meaning in life's challenges.
Book summaries for books written by Viktor E. Frankl
Quotes
Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.
In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning.
For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.
Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them.
The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
The meaning of life is to give life meaning.
Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.'
A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life.
No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
What is to give light must endure burning.