Authors — Quotes

Viktor E. Frankl Quotes: 9

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
Man's Search for Meaning
Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
Man's Search for Meaning
I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
Man's Search for Meaning
Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.
Man's Search for Meaning
The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.
We cannot, after all, judge a biography by its length, by the number of pages in it; we must judge by the richness of the contents...Sometimes the 'unfinisheds' are among the most beautiful symphonies.
The Doctor and the Soul
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
What is demanded of man is not, as some existential philosophers teach, to endure the meaninglessness of life, but rather to bear his incapacity to grasp its unconditional meaningfulness in rational terms.
Man's Search for Meaning
Don’t aim at success—the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.
Man's Search for Meaning