Viktor Frankl

"Freedom is but the negative aspect of the whole phenomenon whose positive aspect is responsibleness."

"In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice."

"The will to pleasure and the will to power must both serve the will to meaning."

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

"To be sure, man's search for meaning can arouse inner tension rather than inner peace; but such tension is an indispensable prerequisite for mental health."

"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."

"A man can bear almost any suffering if he can say it has meaning."

"The meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour."

"Life asks us questions; we must answer by taking responsibility."

"When facing a life challenge, we have three basic options: change the situation, accept it, or leave it."

"Human potential is unlimited; the only limitations are those we accept in our minds."

"The most basic law of human nature is to strive for meaning."

"Happiness is ensuing, not pursuing."

"Our psychological resilience comes from our sense of purpose."

"Meaning can be found in three ways: through work, through love, and through suffering."

"One who has a strong sense of purpose can endure almost any circumstance."

"The pursuit of freedom divorced from the pursuit of responsibility becomes meaningless."

"If we take man as he is, we make him worse; if we take him as he should be, we make him capable of becoming what he can be."

"Everything can be taken away from a person except the freedom to choose one's attitude toward what happens."

"Being, in essence, is always a being-for-something or being-for-someone."

"The person who sees meaning in their suffering has already begun to heal."

"We are free to choose our response to any circumstance, no matter how dire."

"Responsibility is the essence of human freedom."

"A meaning to life means a life with a task."

"The only real limitation to our potential is the one we place upon ourselves."

"To love another human being is to accept their life as a task."

"Even the helpless can transcend their circumstances by choosing their attitude."

"One can live on bread and water for a long time, but one cannot live without meaning."

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

"Despair is suffering without meaning; faith is suffering with meaning."