"Man's Search for Meaning" Quotes
"Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl explores the psychological journey and philosophical insights gained from Frankl's experiences as a Holocaust survivor, emphasizing the pursuit of purpose as a central aspect of human existence.
nonfiction | 165 pages | Published in 1946
Quotes
Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.
In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning.
For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.
Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them.
The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
The meaning of life is to give life meaning.
Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.'
A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life.
