Viktor E. Frankl Quotes

Austrian - Psychologist | March 26, 1905 - September 2, 1997

Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.

Viktor E. Frankl

LiveTodayPeopleMeaningMoreEver

If you call 'religious' a man who believes in what I call a Supermeaning, a meaning so comprehensive that you can no longer grasp it, get hold of it in rational intellectual terminology, then one should feel free to call me religious, really.

Viktor E. Frankl

ManMeFreeFeelMeaningYou

Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time.

Viktor E. Frankl

TimeGeniusSpiritCannotResist

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

Viktor E. Frankl

LifeManMeaningAskMustRather

To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be happy.' But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.'

Viktor E. Frankl

HappinessCultureHappyBe Happy

No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.

Viktor E. Frankl

BecomeHumanHimHuman BeingAware

Faith is trust in ultimate meaning.

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FaithTrustMeaningUltimate

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Viktor E. Frankl

FearTrueAfraidMayComeWhich

A painter tries to convey to us a picture of the world as he sees it; an ophthalmologist tries to enable us to see the world as it really is. The logotherapist's role consists of widening and broadening the visual field of the patient so that the whole spectrum of potential meaning becomes conscious and visible to him.

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WorldPotentialPictureMeaningSee

Logotherapy sees the human patient in all his humanness. I step up to the core of the patient's being. And that is a being in search of meaning, a being that is transcending himself, a being capable of acting in love for others.

Viktor E. Frankl

LoveStepSearchMeaningActingUp

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