维克多·埃米尔·弗兰克尔 ( Viktor Emil Frankl,1905 – 1997 ),是奥地利神经学家、精神病学家、哲学家、作家和大屠杀幸存者。他是意义治疗法(Logotherapy)的创始人,这是一种将对生活意义的探索描述为人类核心动力的心理疗法。意义治疗(Logotherapy)是存在主义和人本主义心理学理论的一部分。
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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 own life.
生活不是像弗洛伊德所相信的那样主要是对快乐的追求,也不是像阿尔弗雷德·阿德勒所教导的那样主要是对权力的追求,而是对意义的追求。对任何人来说,最大的任务都是找到自己生命的意义。
Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!
我们人类最伟大的自由是,不管我们的身体状况如何,我们总是可以自由选择我们的思想。
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 circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
我们这些生活在纳粹集中营的人还记得那些走过棚屋安慰别人,把最后一块面包分给别人的人。这样的人为数不多,但足以证明,人的一切都可以被剥夺,只有一件事除外: 人类最后的自由——在任何特定环境下选择自己的态度,选择自己的道路。
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
生活绝不因环境而不堪忍受,而只是因为缺乏意义和目标。
Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.今天,越来越多的人有生活的手段,但没有生活的意义。
When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
当我们无法改变环境时,我们就要挑战来改变自己。
When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.
当一个人找不到深层意义的时候,他们就会以快乐分散自己的注意力。
Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.你
无法控制的力量可以带走你所拥有的一切,除了一样东西,那就是你选择如何应对这种情况的自由。