About Viktor Frankl
1905 – 1997
Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor who founded logotherapy. His memoir 'Man's Search for Meaning' is one of the most widely read books in the world.
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“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.”
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
“Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, but a quest for meaning.”
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“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.”
“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”
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“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”