Victor Frankl

"Life is what we make of it, always has been, always will be."

"Man's search for meaning is the primary human motivation."

"For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day, from hour to hour."

"The striving to find a meaning in one's life is the primary motivational force in man."

"An active life serves the purpose of giving man a chance to realize values in creating a work or doing a deed."

"It is the very pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness."

"The pursuit of happiness must be accompanied by the pursuit of meaning."

"Human freedom is not freedom from conditions, but rather freedom to take a stand toward the conditions."

"Suffering is only meaningless when you cannot find meaning in it."

"It is the attitude with which we bear hardships that determines our freedom."

"To live is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in the suffering."

"The truth that many people never understand until too late in life is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer."

"We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread."

"Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue."

"The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is."

"Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon."

"When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure."

"If there is a meaning in life, there must be a meaning in suffering."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation."

"Reaching out to help others, even in the darkest times, affirms our humanity."

"Death is no tragedy - meaningless life is the tragedy."

"The ability to choose one's attitude is humanity's last and greatest freedom."

"No one can take from you that which you do not give them."

"Everything depends on one's attitude toward life."

"We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them."

"Challenges make you who you are, they shape your character and strengthen your resolve."

"Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose."

"A man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined relationship to them."

"The will to meaning is the primary motivational force."

"Despair is suffering without meaning."