Viktor Frankl

"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."

"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."

"Those who have a 'why' to live can bear with almost any 'how.'"

"The meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment."

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

"A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who loves him, or to any human being whose fate depends upon his own work, will never be able to throw away his life."

"If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an eradicable part of life."

"No one can take away my freedom to choose my response."

"The last of human freedoms is to choose one's attitude in any given circumstance."

"Happiness ensues from the pursuit of meaning rather than as a direct result of seeking it."

"Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality."

"Being human always points, and in pointing, goes beyond itself."

"The prisoner who had lost faith in the future was doomed."

"In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning."

"When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept suffering as his task."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."

"The meaning we give to our lives is not invented by ourselves alone, but rather discovered by us in dialogue with life itself."

"Our main motivation is to find meaning in our lives."

"Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under the most difficult circumstances, decide what shall become of him—mentally and spiritually."

"Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure or a quest for power, but a quest for meaning."

"The search for meaning is the primary human motivation."

"We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation."

"It is impossible to imagine the earth without suffering."

"Life's meaning is found not in possessions but in purpose."

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

"The more one forgoes the pursuit of happiness, the more it will come to him."

"Freedom of will is the ability to choose one's attitude in any circumstance."

"Don't aim at success; the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it."

"Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked."

"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves"