Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“The meaning of your life is to help others find the meaning of theirs.” “That” — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS! — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Long ago we had passed the stage of asking what was the meaning of life, a naïve query which understands life as… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
The struggle for existence is a struggle 'for' something; it is purposeful and only in so being is it meaningful and able… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“There is nothing in this world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
We had to learn...that it did not really matter what we expected from life but rather what life expected from us. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Thus, human existence-at least as long as it has not been neurotically distorted-is always directed to something, or someone, other than itself,… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Anything outside the barbed wire became remote - out of reach and, in a way, unreal. The events and the people outside,… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
In psychiatry there is a certain condition known as delusion of reprieve. The condemned man, immediately before his execution, gets the illusion… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“In the concentration camps, for example, in this living laboratory and on this testing ground, we watched and witnessed some of our… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Most men in a concentration camp believed that the real opportunities of life had passed. Yet, in reality, there was an opportunity… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“The second way of finding a meaning in life is by experiencing something—such as goodness, truth and beauty—by experiencing nature and culture… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Man's search for meaning is the primary motivation in his life and not a "secondary rationalization" of instinctual drives. This meaning is… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“An active life serves the purpose of giving man the opportunity to realize values in creative work, while a passive life of… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Consider a movie: it consists of thousands upon thousands of individual pictures, and each of them makes sense and carries a meaning,… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes -… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“On the average, only those prisoners could keep alive who, after years of trekking from camp to camp, had lost all scruples… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him-mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“It is very difficult for an outsider to grasp how very little value was placed on human life in camp. The camp… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Logotherapy, keeping in mind the essential transitoriness of human existence, is not pessimistic but rather activistic. To express this point figuratively we… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“This young woman knew that she would die in the next few days. But when I talked to her she was cheerful… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Victor Frankl: By declaring that man is responsible and must actualize the potential meaning of his life, I wish to stress that… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“The story of the young woman whose death I witnessed in a concentration camp. It is a simple story. There is little… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“The meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day, from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“The meaning of your life is to help others find the meaning of theirs.” — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“In the past, nothing is irretrievably lost, but rather, on the contrary, everything is irrevocably stored and treasured. To be sure, people tend to… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer... his unique opportunity lies in the way he bears his burden. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“A positive attitude enables a person to endure suffering and disappointment as well as enhance enjoyment and satisfaction. A negative attitude intensifies pain and… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Man's last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
In a last violent protest against the hopelessness of imminent death, I sensed my spirit piercing through the enveloping gloom. I felt it transcend… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one's belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one's right to believe, and… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
