Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. The greatest task for any person is to find meaning in his or her own life. Frankl 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. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone’s task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.” Viktor E. Frankl Quotes on The Meaning of LifeĮveryone has his own specific vocation or mission in life everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best. Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice. Everything can be taken from a man but one thing – the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves. Frankl Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Viktor E.

In that space is our power to choose our response. Frankl Quotes of All Timeīetween stimulus and response there is a space. Frankl Quotes on Pain, Suffering & Life in Auschwitzħ of the Most Inspiring Viktor E. Frankl Quotes on Success & Purpose in Life

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl