Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human. — 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
“The meaning of your life is to help others find the meaning of theirs.” — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself. — 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
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'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
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
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
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
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
“Whenever there was an opportunity for it, one had to give them a why—an aim—for their lives, in order to strengthen them… — 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
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
“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
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
“It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future - sub specie aeternitatis. And this… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“According to logotherapy, we can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: (1) by creating a work or doing a… — 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
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
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
“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
“As each situation in life represents a challenge to man and presents a problem for him to solve, the question of the… — 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
“they did not take their life seriously and despised it as something of no consequence. They preferred to close their eyes and… — 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
“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
“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
“The meaning of your life is to help others find the meaning of theirs.” “That was it, exactly,” Frankl said. “Those are… — 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
Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered. — 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
“Live as if you were living for the second time and had acted as wrongly the first time as you are about… — 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
“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
It is this spiritual freedom - which cannot be taken away - that makes life meaningful and purposeful. — 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
“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
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
“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
Man's last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share
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
“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
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
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
“I think it was Lessing who once said, 'There are things which must cause you to lose your reason or you have none to… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share
“I believe that my handicap will only enhance my ability to help others. I know that without the suffering, the growth that I have… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share
“He main retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp. Dostoevsky said once, 'There is only one thing that I dread: not to… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share
