Viktor Frankl

As to the causation, of the feeling of meaningless, one may say, albeit in an oversimplifying way, that people have enough to live by but nothing to live for; they have the means but no meaning.

Viktor Frankl

Auschwitz – the very name stood for all that was horrible: gas chambers, crematoriums, massacres.

Viktor Frankl

Being human always points, and is directed, to something or someone, other than oneself – be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter.

Viktor Frankl

Being jobless was equated with being useless, and being useless was equated with having a meaningless life.

Viktor Frankl

Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.

Viktor Frankl

But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.

Viktor Frankl

Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.

Viktor Frankl

Each of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life.

Viktor Frankl

Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time.

Viktor Frankl

Every age has its own collective neurosis, and every age needs its own psychotherapy to cope with it.

Viktor Frankl