Viktor Frankl - Freedom Quotes

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Freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast.

Viktor Frankl

It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.

Viktor Frankl

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.

Viktor Frankl

Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.

Viktor Frankl

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

Viktor Frankl

It is this spiritual freedom - which cannot be taken away -
that makes life meaningful and purposeful.

Viktor Frankl

Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

Viktor Frankl