Viktor Frankl
“For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s dedication to a cause greater than oneself.”
“The meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour.”
“In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning.”
“Man is capable of changing the world for the better if possible, and of changing himself for the better if necessary.”
“Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.”
“Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn.”
“No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.”
“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.”
“What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal.”
“The salvation of man is through love and in love.”
“It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us.”
“Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.”
“Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.”
“Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.”
“An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.”
“The meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour.”
“Love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.”
“Don't aim at success — the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.”
“Suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning.”
“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.”