If architects want to strengthen a decrepit arch, they increase the load which is laid upon it, for thereby the parts are… — 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 actually needs the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
What will it matter to him if he notices that he is growing old? Has he any reason to envy the young… — 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
I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world may still know bliss, be it only for a brief… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being until he loves him. By his love he… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
But my mind clung to my wife's image, imagining it with an uncanny acuteness. I heard her answering me, saw her smile,… — 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
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
You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you will feel and do about what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task. .… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
These tasks, and therefore the meaning of life, differ from man to man, and from moment to moment. Thus it is impossible… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
And I quoted from Nietzsche: That which does not kill me, makes me stronger. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Once an individual's search for meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope… — 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
...to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life-daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and… — 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
The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for a brief… — 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
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
