In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.
VIKTOR FRANKLLife is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.
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Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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What is to give light must endure burning.
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Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.
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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.
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To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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