If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death human life cannot be complete. Viktor E. Frankl More Quotes by Viktor E. Frankl More Quotes From Viktor E. Frankl Somewhere I heard a victorious "Yes" in answer to my question of the existence of ultimate purpose. Viktor E. Frankl existence purpose answers As the struggle for survival has subsided, the question has emerged: survival for what? Ever more people have the means to live, but no meaning to live for. Viktor E. Frankl struggle mean people These tasks, and therefore the meaning of life, differ from man to man, and from moment to moment. Thus it is impossible to define the meaning in life in a general way. Viktor E. Frankl meaning-of-life tasks men Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy. Viktor E. Frankl psychotherapy existential humanity There are some authors who contend that meanings and values are "nothing but defense mechanisms, reaction formations and sublimations." But as for myself, I would not be willing to live merely for the sake of my "defense mechanisms," nor would I be ready to die merely for the sake of my "reaction formations. Viktor E. Frankl reactions defense sake Man's last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation Viktor E. Frankl given lasts men We had to learn...that it did not really matter what we expected from life but rather what life expected from us. Viktor E. Frankl moments matter live-in-the-moment We dislike talking about our experiences. No explanations are needed for those who have been inside, and the others will understand neither how we felt then nor how we feel now. Viktor E. Frankl explanation needed talking ...to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life-daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Viktor E. Frankl meditation answers thinking Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on. Viktor E. Frankl carrying-on woe purpose How can we dare to predict the behavior of man? We may predict the movements of a machine, of an automaton; more than this, we many even try to predict the mechanisms or "dynamisms" of the human psyche as well. But man is more than psyche. Viktor E. Frankl machines trying men Freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast. Viktor E. Frankl inspiration responsibility faith Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life. Viktor E. Frankl meaning-life find-me motivation Having been is also a kind of being, and perhaps the surest kind. Viktor E. Frankl kind When I was taken to the concentration camp of Auschwitz, a manuscript of mine ready for publication was confiscated. Certainly, my deep desire to write this manuscript anew helped me to survive the rigors of the camps I was in. Viktor E. Frankl survive deep me desire If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete. Viktor E. Frankl fate suffering life death Man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those chambers upright, with the Lord's Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips. Viktor E. Frankl being man lips prayer A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life, I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth - that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. Viktor E. Frankl man wisdom love life In a position of utter desolation, when man cannot express himself in positive action, when his only achievement may consist in enduring his sufferings in the right way - an honorable way - in such a position man can, through loving contemplation of the image he carries of his beloved, achieve fulfillment. Viktor E. Frankl man achievement positive way Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time. Viktor E. Frankl cannot genius spirit time
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