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More Quotes by Viktor Frankl
The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
It is here that we encounter the central theme of existentialism: to live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering.
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead 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. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual.
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.
Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
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.
Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!
In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.
