Mans Search For Meaning Quotes by Viktor E. Frankl, Baruch Spinoza, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Harold S. Kushner, Friedrich Nietzsche, Mary J. Blige and many others.
There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.
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.
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.
Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
Love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.
Once an individual’s search for meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with suffering
But my mind clung to my wife’s image, imagining it with an uncanny acuteness. I heard her answering me, saw her smile, her frank and encouraging look. Real or not, her look then was more luminous than the sun which was beginning to rise.
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 needed to stop asking about the meaning of life.
When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself.
If architects want to strengthen a decrepit arch, they increase the load which is laid upon it, for thereby the parts are joined more firmly together. So if therapists wish to foster their patients’ mental health, they should not be afraid to increase that load through a reorientation toward the meaning of one’s life.
There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings.
There is also purpose in life which is almost barren of both creation and enjoyment and which admits of but one possibility of high moral behavior: namely, in man’s attitude to his existence, an existence restricted by external forces.
The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.
Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him—mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp.
