Quotes About Viktor

Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.

Then I wondered why Grimshaw thought I was the only one Viktor would attack. There were other humans at The Jumble. Maybe the rest of us could throw the Cornleys at Viktor when he arrived and then ask him if adultery had a taste. Sweet and spicy? Tart with an aftertaste of bitter? Focus, Vicki.

Implosion is no invention in the conventional sense, but rather the renaissance of ancient knowledge, lost over the course of time.

I'm a man of my word, and I promise that I won't hurt her." He flexed his hands. "When I murder her, I'll do it real quick, so she won't feel a thing." Viktor

Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning.

I think it was Lessing who once said, "There are things which must cause you to lose your reason or you have none to lose." An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.

It must be kept in mind, however, that optimism is not anything to be commanded or ordered. One cannot even force oneself to be optimistic indiscriminately, against all odds, against all hope. And what is true for hope is also true for the other two components of the triad inasmuch as faith and love cannot be commanded or ordered either.

Frankl wondered whether "there may be such a thing as autobibliotherapy—healing through reading." Frankl's

To be sure, man's search for meaning may arouse inner tension rather than inner equilibrium. However, precisely such tension is an indispensable prerequisite of mental health.

and the state of immunity of his body will understand that the sudden loss of hope and courage can have a deadly

En aquel momento yo sabía muy poco de mí y del mundo, no tenía sino una única frase en mi cabeza: «En la angustia clamé al Señor y Él me contestó desde el espacio en libertad».

As a psychiatrist, Frankl avoided direct reference to his personal religious beliefs. He was fond of saying that the aim of psychiatry was the healing of the soul, leaving to religion the salvation of the soul.

I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair.

Sella conmigo tu corazón... pues fuerte como la muerte es el amor (Cantar de los Cantares 8,6).

We had to strive to lead them back to this truth, or the consequences would have been much worse than the loss of a few thousand stalks of oats.

I wanted to wake the poor man. Suddenly I drew back the hand which was ready to shake him, frightened at the thing I was about to do. At that moment I became intensely conscious of the fact that no dream, no matter how horrible, could be as bad as the reality of the camp which surrounded us, and to which I was about to recall him.

key ideas: Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning. The greatest task for any person is to find meaning in his or her life.

More and more, a psychiatrist is approached today by patients who confront him with human problems rather than neurotic symptoms.

Frankl's doctrine of logotherapy, curing the soul by leading it to find meaning in life, gains credibility against the background of his anguish in Auschwitz.

Apart from that strange kind of humor, another sensation seized us: curiosity.

I did not threaten him; I only showed surprise in still finding him here when I planned to meet him tonight in Teheran," said Death.

Though it may afford momentary psychological relief, it is an illusion which physiologically, surely, must not be without danger.