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More Quotes by Viktor Frankl
The meaning of my life is to help others find meaning in theirs.
Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.
The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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.
When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.
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. The greatest task for any person is to find meaning in his or her own life.
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 be changed. For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one's predicament into a human achievement. When we are no longer able to change a situation-just think of an incurable disease such as inoperable cancer-we are challenged to change ourselves.
