Viktor Frankl

1905 - 1997

Viktor Frankl (1905–1997) was an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor, and the founder of logotherapy, a form of existential analysis. He is best known for his influential work "Man's Search for Meaning," in which he describes his experiences as a concentration camp inmate and explores the human quest for purpose and meaning in life.

Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.

Man's Search for Meaning, p. 104, 1946

What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him.

Man's Search for Meaning, p. 104, 1946

What is to give light must endure burning.

Man's Search for Meaning, p. 125, 1946

When a man can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

Man's Search for Meaning, p. 164, 1946