Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning Quotes

“An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.”
― Victor Frankl, Man's Search For Ultimate Meaning

“Man is originally characterized by his "search for meaning" rather than his "search for himself." The more he forgets himself—giving himself to a cause or another person—the more human he is. And the more he is immersed and absorbed in something or someone other than himself the more he really becomes himself.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

“A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth-that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which a man can aspire.

Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of human is through love and in love.

I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for the brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved. In a position of utter desolation, when a man cannot express himself in positive action, when his only achievement may consist in enduring his sufferings in the right way-an honorable way-in such a position man can, through loving contemplation of the image he carries of his beloved, achieve fulfillment.

For the first time in my life I was able to understand the meaning of the words,"The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.”
― Victor Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

“The last of the human freedoms: to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. And there were always choices to make. Every day, every hour, offered the opportunity to make a decision, a decision which determined whether you would or would not submit to those powers which threatened to rob you of your very self, your inner freedom; which determined whether or not you become the plaything to circumstance, renouncing freedom and dignity...”
― Victor Frankl, Man's Search For Ultimate Meaning

“Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.”
― Victor Frankl, Man's Search For Ultimate Meaning

“Just consider a child who, absorbed in play, forgets himself—this is the moment to take a snapshot; when you wait until he notices that you are taking a picture, his face congeals and freezes, showing his unnatural self-consciousness rather than his natural graciousness. Why do most people have that stereotyped expression on their faces whenever they are photographed? This expression stems from their concern with the impression they are going to leave on the onlooker. It is "cheese" that makes them so ugly. Forgetting themselves, the photographer, and the future onlooker would make them beautiful.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

“In his creative work the artist is dependent on sources and resources deriving from the spiritual unconscious.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

“As long as a self is driven by an id to a Thou, it is not a matter of love, either. In love the self is not driven by the id, but rather the self chooses the Thou.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

“Meaning must be found and cannot be given.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

“God is the partner of our most intimate soliloquies. That is to say, whenever you are talking to yourself in utmost sincerity and ultimate solitude--he to whom you are addressing yourself may justifiably be called God.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

“El hombre no está absolutamente condicionado y determinado, al contrario, es él quien decide si cede ante determinadas circunstancias o si resiste frente a ellas… El hombre no se limita a existir, sino decide cómo será su existencia, en qué se convertirá en el minuto siguiente.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

“In particular, it is the challenge of youth to question the meaning of life. However, the courage to question should be matched by patience. People should be patient until, sooner or later, meaning dawns on them. This is what they should do, rather than taking their lives— or taking refuge in drugs.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

“Друг път работехме в изкоп. Утрото бе сиво, сиво бе небето над нас, сив бе снегът в бледата утринна светлина, сиви бяха парцалите по моите сълагерници, сиви бяха лицата им. Аз отново разговарях тихо с жена си или може би се мъчех да намеря причината за моите страдания, за бавното ми умиране. Като последен отчаян протест срещу безнадеждността на неизбежната смърт усетих как духът ми пробива обвиващия ме мрак. Почувствах как той надмогва този безнадежден, безсмислен свят и отнякъде чух победоносно „Да” в отговор на въпроса ми за съществуването на крайно предназначение. В този миг в далечна ферма запалиха светлина, която стоеше сякаш нарисувана на хоризонта, сред жалката сивота на баварската утрин. “Et Lux in Tenebris Lucet!” (И светлина просия в мрака). С часове сякох замръзналата земя. Мина охраната, подхвърляйки обида, и аз отново общувах с моята възлюбена. Все повече и повече усещах, че тя присъства, че е с мен; имах чувството, че мога да я докосна, че мога да протегна ръце и да хвана нейните. Чувството бе много силно: тя беше там. Тогава, тъкмо в този момент, тихо долетя една птица и кацна точно пред мен на купчината пръст, която бях изкопал в ямата, и ме загледа настойчиво”
― Victor Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

“La historia nos brindó la oportunidad de conocer la naturaleza humana quizá como ninguna otra generación. ¿Qué es, en realidad, el hombre? Es el ser que siempre decide lo que es. Es quien ha inventado las cámaras de gas, pero también el que ha entrado en ellas con paso firme, musitando una oración.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, El hombre en busca del sentido ultimo: El an?de?ed???lisis existencial y la conciencia espiriritual del ser humano by Viktor E. Frankl

“For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, & it only does as the unintended side-effect of one's dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

“For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue. And it only does as the unintended side effect of one's dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself.”
― Victor Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

“have a choice of action. There were enough examples, often of a heroic nature, which proved that apathy could be overcome, irritability suppressed. Man can preserve a vestige of spiritual freedom, of independence of mind, even in such terrible conditions of psychic and physical stress.
We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.”
― Viktor Emil Frankl, Man's Search For Meaning: An Introduction To Logotheraphy

“I had to keep my intention to escape to myself, but my comrade seemed to guess that something was wrong (perhaps I showed a little nervousness). In a tired voice he asked me, "You, too, are getting out?” I denied it, but I found it difficult to avoid his sad look. After my round I returned to him. Again a hopeless look greeted me and somehow I felt it to be an accusation. The unpleasant feeling that had gripped me as soon as I had told my friend I would escape with him became more intense. Suddenly I decided to take fate into my own hands for once. I ran out of the hut and told my friend that I could not go with him. As soon as I had told him with finaity that I had made up my mind to stay with my patients, the unhappy feeling left me. I did not know what the following days would bring, but I had gained an inward peace that I had never experienced before. I returned to the hut, sat down on the boards at my countryman's feet and tried to comfort him; then I chatted with the others, trying to quiet them in their delirium.”
― Viktor Emil Frankl, Man's Search For Meaning: An Introduction To Logotheraphy

“Стурбованість людини, навіть відчай, що викликані нікчемністю життя - це духовне страждання, але в жодному разі не душевна хвороба.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

“...hay momentos en que la indignación puede surgir incluso en un prisionero aparentemente endurecido, indignación no causada por la crueldad o el dolor, sino por el insulto al que va unido.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

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― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

“Benzer şeyler yaşamayan birisi insanın yaşadığı , ruhu yok eden o zihinsel çatışmayı ve irade gücünün ezilişini kolay kolay kavrayamaz.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

“İnsanı en çok yaralayan şey (ki bu hem yetişkinler hem de cezalandırılan çocuklar için geçerlidir) fiziksel acı değil, haksızlığın, mantıksızlığın verdiği ruhsal ıstıraptır.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning