Viktor E. Frankl

“The meaning of life is to give life meaning.”

— Viktor E. Frankl

Between stimulus and response is the freedom to choose.

— Viktor E. Frankl

Man's search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.

— Viktor E. Frankl

Success is total self-acceptance ...

— Viktor E. Frankl

“a man can get used to anything, but do not ask us how.”

— Viktor E. Frankl

You don't create your mission in life - you detect it.

— Viktor E. Frankl

Religion is the search for ultimate meaning.

— Viktor E. Frankl

Love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.

— Viktor E. Frankl

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

“Freedom is but the negative aspect of the whole phenomenon whose positive aspect is responsibleness.”

— Viktor E. Frankl

“As we said before, any attempt to restore a man’s inner strength in the camp had first to succeed in showing him…

— Viktor E. Frankl

“The meaning of your life is to help others find the meaning of theirs.” “That”

— Viktor E. Frankl

Man's last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation

— Viktor E. Frankl

Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.

— Viktor E. Frankl

It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.

— Viktor E. Frankl

When we are not any lengthier capable to alter a predicament, we're challenged to alter ourselves

— Viktor E. Frankl

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

“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

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

“It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future—sub specie aeternitatis. And this is his…

— Viktor E. Frankl

“It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future - sub specie aeternitatis. And this…

— Viktor E. Frankl

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

Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he…

— Viktor E. Frankl

“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

“there is a danger inherent in the teaching...that man is nothing but the result of biological, psychological and sociological conditions, or the…

— Viktor E. Frankl

“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

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

“Both I and my troubles became the object of an interesting psychoscientific study undertaken by myself. What does Spinoza say in his…

— Viktor E. Frankl

“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

. . . nothing could touch the strength of my love, and the thoughts of my beloved. Had I known then that…

— Viktor E. Frankl

“Not every conflict is necessarily neurotic; some amount of conflict is normal and healthy. In a similar sense suffering is not always…

— Viktor E. Frankl

“Nietzsche’s words, “He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how,” could be the guiding motto for…

— Viktor E. Frankl

“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

“Occasionally I looked at the sky, where the stars were fading and the pink light of the morning was beginning to spread…

— Viktor E. Frankl

“I refer to what is called mysterium iniquitatis, meaning, as I see it, that a crime in the final analysis remains inexplicable…

— Viktor E. Frankl

“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

“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

“Just consider a child who, absorbed in play, forgets himself—this is the moment to take a snapshot; when you wait until he…

— Viktor E. Frankl

“Once, an elderly general practitioner consulted me because of his severe depression. He could not overcome the loss of his wife who…

— Viktor E. Frankl

“Both used the typical argument—they had nothing more to expect from life. In both cases it was a question of getting them…

— Viktor E. Frankl