Viktor Frankl · Skopia

Quotes

7

Autobiography and memoir

Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.

Man's Search for Meaning · 1946

★ 3.5

Autobiography and memoir

Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself.

Man's Search for Meaning · 1946

★ 3.5

Autobiography and memoir

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.

Man's Search for Meaning · 1946

★ 1.9

Autobiography and memoir

When we are no longer able to change a situation... We are challenged to change ourselves.

Man's Search for Meaning · 1946

★ 1.9

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Man's Search for Meaning

1946★ 6.9