“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
There is also purpose in life which is almost barren of both creation and enjoyment and which admits of but one possibility… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
This is the core of the human spirit ... If we can find something to live for - if we can find… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“man is not he who poses the question, What is the meaning of life? but he who is asked this question, for… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“I then invited the mother of the handicapped son to imagine herself similarly looking back over her life. Let us listen to… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not really matter what we… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Somewhere I heard a victorious "Yes" in answer to my question of the existence of ultimate purpose. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
One should not search for an abstract meaning of life ... Life can be made meaningful in a threefold way: first, through… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
What is demanded of man is not, as some existential philosophers teach, to endure the meaninglessness of life, but rather to bear… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future...And this is his salvation in the… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
[Speaking of his experience in a concentration camp:] As we said before, any attempt to restore a man's inner strength in the… — 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
If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“It is one of the basic tenets of logotherapy that man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“it did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking… — 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
For the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed… — 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
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