Viktor Frankl

"Freedom is not the absence of conditions, but rather the ability to choose one's attitude toward those conditions."

"Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved."

"We may not always control our circumstances, but we can always control our response."

"The only true freedom man has is the freedom to choose his attitude."

"The question is not whether life is worth living, but how to make it worth living."

"When life doesn't offer a meaning, our task is to create one."

"Success is a byproduct of purposeful living."

"I live as if this is my second life, as if I had already made all the mistakes I had to make."

"A man's main concern should not be the gaining of pleasure or the avoidance of pain, but rather the fulfillment of a meaning."

"Freedom is not the absence of restrictions but the ability to choose one's restrictions."

"Happiness ensues from having a sense of purpose and meaning."

"We are not robots; we have the freedom to choose our response to any circumstance."

"The ability to choose one's attitude is the last freedom available to us."

"When a person finds meaning in life, they find the strength to endure almost any hardship."

"The truth is that as a man thinketh, so is he."

"Our attitude determines our altitude in life."

"Every person has an unique potential for meaning in their life."

"The search for meaning is the search for authenticity."

"A meaning must be found, not created."

"By choosing our attitude, we choose our destiny."

"The pursuit of happiness is self-defeating; happiness results from pursuing meaning."

"Between every stimulus and response lies our freedom to choose."

"Life asks of us not to be happy, but to be meaningful."

"When we cannot change our external circumstances, we are free to change our internal response."

"Every human has the freedom to change at any point."

"The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it away."

"What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather a striving and struggling for some worthwhile goal."

"Happiness is the pursuit of meaning, not the avoidance of pain."

"The will to meaning can never be forced; it can only be invoked."

"For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue."