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Man's Search for Meaning
We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstan
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Timour Kosters added 8mo ago
To discover that there was any semblance of art in a concentration camp must be surprise enough for an outsider, but he may be even more astonished to hear that one could find a sense of humor there as well; of course, only the faint trace of one, and then only for a few seconds or minutes. Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for s
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Timour Kosters added 8mo ago
Just as the physical health of the caisson worker would be endangered if he left his diver’s chamber suddenly (where he is under enormous atmospheric pressure), so the man who has suddenly been liberated from mental pressure can suffer damage to his moral and spiritual health.
from Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Timour Kosters added 8mo ago
a human being is not one in pursuit of happiness but rather in search of a reason to become happy, last but not least, through actualizing the potential meaning inherent and dormant in a given situation.
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Isidro Fernandez C added 5mo ago
Live as if you were living for the second time and had acted as wrongly the first time as you are about to act now.
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Isidro Fernandez C added 5mo ago
He sought to help his patients find a way to make their lives meaningful even in the face of depression or mental illness.
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Isidro Fernandez C added 5mo ago
I ran out of the hut and told my friend that I could not go with him. As soon as I had told him with finality that I had made up my mind to stay with my patients, the unhappy feeling left me. I did not know what the following days would bring, but I had gained an inward peace that I had never experienced before.
from Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Isidro Fernandez C added 5mo ago
everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
from Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Isidro Fernandez C added 5mo ago
Dostoevski said once, “There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings.” These words frequently came to my mind after I became acquainted with those martyrs whose behavior in camp, whose suffering and death, bore witness to the fact that the last inner freedom cannot be lost. It can be said that they were worthy of their suf
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Isidro Fernandez C added 5mo ago