This is the core of the human spirit … If we can find something to live for – if we can find some meaning to put at the center of our lives – even the worst kind of suffering becomes bearable.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLThis is the core of the human spirit … If we can find something to live for – if we can find some meaning to put at the center of our lives – even the worst kind of suffering becomes bearable.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLIt is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLOnce an individual’s search for meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with suffering
VIKTOR E. FRANKLHuman kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLWhat you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLMan does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLWoe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLIt is true that we can see the therapist as a technician only if we have first viewed the patient as some sort of machine.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLChallenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLI recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLIt is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLHappiness must ensue. It cannot be pursued
VIKTOR E. FRANKLI do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLView life as a series of movie frames, the ending and meaning may not be apparent until the very end of the movie, and yet, each of the hundreds of individual frames has meaning within the context of the whole movie.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLMan is capable of changing the world for the better if possible, and of changing himself for the better if necessary.
VIKTOR E. FRANKLOur main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life.
VIKTOR E. FRANKL