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Meaning Quotes by Viktor E. Frankl
- If architects want to strengthen a decrepit arch, they increase the load that is laid upon it, for thereby the parts are joined more firmly…
- 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.
- View life as a series of movie frames, the ending and meaning may not be apparent until the very end of the movie, and yet,…
- Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is…
- The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.
- We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot…
- I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the…
- There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge…
- Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
- Once an individual's search for meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with suffering
- Despair is suffering without meaning.
- I would say that our patients never really despair because of any suffering in itself! Instead, their despair stems in each instance from a doubt…
- These tasks, and therefore the meaning of life, differ from man to man, and from moment to moment. Thus it is impossible to define the…
- Man's search for meaning is the primary motivation in his life and not a "secondary rationalization" of instinctual drives. This meaning is unique and specific…
- When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.
- This is the core of the human spirit ... If we can find something to live for - if we can find some meaning to…
- The struggle for existence is a struggle 'for' something; it is purposeful and only in so being is it meaningful and able to bring meaning…
- Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning.…
- Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
- Logotherapy . . . considers man as a being whose main concern consists in fulfilling a meaning and in actualizing values, rather than in the…
More Meaning Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time. — Margaret Atwood
- I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases… — Margaret Atwood
- If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already… — Saint Augustine
- Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man… — Sai Baba
- The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder. — Richard Bach
- Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to… — Robert Baden-Powell