The Unheard Cry for Meaning Quotes

“As long as a man is still motivated either by the fear of punishment or by the hope of reward—or, for that matter, by the wish to appease the superego—conscience has not had its say as yet.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, The Unheard Cry for Meaning

“Reality presents itself always in the form of a specific concrete situation, and since each life situation is unique, it follows that also the meaning of a situation must be unique. Therefore it would not even be possible for meanings to be transmitted through traditions. Only values– which might be defined as universal meanings— can be affected by the decay of traditions… to put it succinctly: the values are dead–long live the meanings.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, The Unheard Cry for Meaning

“Bog je pratilac vašeg najintimnijeg razgovora sa samim sobom. Kad god govorite sami sebi u najvećoj iskrenoti i najdubljoj samoći - onaj kome se obraćate može se s pravom nazvati Bogom. ... Ako Bog stvarno postoji, on se sigurno neće prepirati sa osobama koje nisu vernici zato što ga pogrešno tumače kao svoja jastva, i nazivaju ga pogrešnim imenom.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, The Unheard Cry for Meaning

“We have to face the fact that there are certain activities that cannot be demanded, commanded, or ordered. The reason lies in the fact that they cannot be established at will: I cannot “will” to believe; I cannot “will” to hope; I cannot “will” to love; and least of all can I “will” to will.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, The Unheard Cry for Meaning: Psychotherapy and Humanism

“We must not let our belief in the potential humanness of man blind us to the fact that humane humans are and probably always will be a minority. Yet it is this very fact that challenges each of us to join the minority: things are bad, but unless we do our best to improve them, everything will become worse. Thus,”
― Viktor E. Frankl, The Unheard Cry for Meaning: Psychotherapy and Humanism