…in the first place I do not at all see in the bestseller status of my book an achievement and accomplishment on my part but rather an expression of the misery of our time: if hundred of thousands of people reach out for a book whose very title promises to deal with the question of a meaning to life, it must be a question that burns under their fingernails. You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you will feel and do about what happens to you. (x)įorces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. Frankl saw three possible sources for meaning: in work (doing something significant), in love (caring for another person), and in courage during difficult times. The greatest task for any person is to find meaning in his or her life.
Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning. – Nietzscheįrank’s concern is less with the question of why most died than it is with the question of why anyone at all survived.
He who has a Why to live for can bear almost any How.
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May we all live knowing full well what we’re capable of, and what is at stake. Out of the horror of the concentration camps comes the heroism of human will, the ability to choose meaning as the epitome of what constitutes true living, even in the face of tragedy and death. Why? Exactly.Įverything from love as grounded in being, tragedy as overcome by telos, and purpose found in aims rather than feelings, is found in this small tome, an incisive exposition of the human condition. This may be one of the most important books I’ve read, ever.
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