568 Quotes by Viktor E. Frankl

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.

It is this spiritual freedom - which cannot be taken away - that makes life meaningful and purposeful.

To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be happy.' But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.' Once the reason is found, however, one becomes happy automatically. As we see, a human being is not one in pursuit of happiness but rather in search of a reason to become happy, last but not least, through actualizing the potential meaning inherent and dormant in a given situation.

It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future...And this is his salvation in the most difficult moments of his existence, although he sometimes has to force his mind to the task.

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.

The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.

Man ultimately decides for himself! And in the end, education must be education towards the ability to decide

Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn.

It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.