Everything can be taken from a man but ... the last of the human freedoms — to choose ones attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose ones own way.Viktor Frankl
“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.”
Austrian psychiatrist and author · 1905 – 1997
Viktor Frankl was an Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor who founded logotherapy, a form of psychotherapy centred on the search for meaning. His book Man's Search for Meaning (1946), drawn from his experiences in Nazi concentration camps, has sold millions of copies worldwide.
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