Man’s search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life.
VIKTOR FRANKLDon’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
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A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
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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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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment.
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An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
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The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
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Man 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.
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So live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!
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Each of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life.
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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There was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
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