Viktor Frankl

"Being human always points, and in fact always must point, to something, or someone, other than itself."

"A man's concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease."

"The doctor's task is to heal, the scientist's to discover, the teacher's to enlighten."

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

"In life we should always choose the best way, not the easiest way."

"No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences so much as from our views of them."

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

"The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won't let go of life."

"For the first time in my life I was able to understand the meaning of the words 'born anew'."

"The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me."

"I am now convinced that the true meaning of life is to create meaning for one's own life."

"Three paths lead to meaning: experiencing something, creating something, or the attitude we take toward unavoidable suffering."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"The pursuit of meaning is the primary motivational force in man."

"When you stop trying to be happy, you find happiness."

"Even the smallest act of kindness is an immense victory for the human spirit."

"It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking forward to the future."

"Life's meaning changes but never ceases to be."

"Despair is suffering without meaning."

"A man who has found something worth dying for has found something worth living for."

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

"Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment."

"The essence of existence is freedom, and freedom's essence is choice."

"A life without hope is a life without meaning."

"As long as life is there, there is hope."

"I am not afraid of pain, I am afraid of meaninglessness."

"The meaning of life is what we ourselves make of it."

"Suffering is an integral part of human existence."

"Even in concentration camps we have observed that those who have lost faith in the future were indeed the ones who were lost."

"A person who can find meaning in any situation is a happy person."