For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore,… — 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… — 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,… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
View life as a series of movie frames, the ending and meaning may not be apparent until the very end of the… — 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
“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
“This uniqueness and singleness which distinguishes each individual and gives a meaning to his existence has a bearing on creative work as… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“It is we ourselves who must answer the questions that life asks of us, and to those questions we can respond only… — 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
Love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. — 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
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives. — 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
A man who could not see the end of his"provisional existence" was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
What was really needed was a fundamental change in our attitude toward life. We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Ultimate meaning necessarily exceeds and surpasses the finite intellectual capacities of man... What is demanded of man is not, as some existential… — 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
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
A man's concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease. — 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
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
“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
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
