Category Archives: Viktor Frankl

Viktor Frankl on our salvation

“For the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth – that Love is the ultimate and highest … Continue reading

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Human – Francine Christophe

An excerpt from Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s remarkable film, ‘Human’. It speaks for itself. “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 … Continue reading

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Jane Fonda on Life’s Third Act for TEDx Women

Interesting talk by Jane about how the ascension of the human spirit reverses entropy (the universal arc of deterioration and decay), and how moving into our ‘Elder’ years has the potential to bring us ‘into wholeness, authenticity and wisdom’. The … Continue reading

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Viktor Frankl & our Need for Meaning

Viktor Frankl & our Need for Meaning Click on the title for Hennie de Villier’s post on the Facebook page: Viktor E Frankl – Logotherapy & Existential Analysis. Good photo, and helpful quotation:- ‘If architects want to strengthen a decrepit … Continue reading

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Palace Gate Counselling Service, Viktor Frankl & Carl Rogers

“But today’s society is characterized by achievement orientation, and consequently it adores people who are successful and happy and, in particular, it adores the young. It virtually ignores the value of all those who are otherwise, and in so doing … Continue reading

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Viktor Frankl on Love & Actualizing

“Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is … Continue reading

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