Viktor Frankl

Is it not conceivable that there is still another dimension, a world beyond man’s world; a world in which the question of an ultimate meaning of human suffering would find an answer?

Viktor Frankl

It can be said that they were worthy of their sufferings; the way they bore their suffering was a genuine inner achievement. It is this spiritual freedom-which cannot be taken away-that makes life meaningful and purposeful.

Viktor Frankl

It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.

Viktor Frankl

It is the very pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.

Viktor Frankl

It is true that we can see the therapist as a technician only if we have first viewed the patient as some sort of machine.

Viktor Frankl

It is we ourselves who must answer the questions that life asks of us, and to those questions we can respond only by being responsible for our existence.

Viktor Frankl

It was in the nature of this sacrifice that it should appear to be pointless in the normal world, the world of material success.

Viktor Frankl

Life in a concentration camp tore open the human soul and exposed its depths.

Viktor Frankl

Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered.

Viktor Frankl

Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual.

Viktor Frankl