Viktor E. Frankl Quotes

Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe.

There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on pursuing ends that give our existence a meaning.

I am waiting for a sign that will indicate to me what meaning I must give to my life, but right now my existence is satisfactory.

You weren’t created to simply exist, to endure, or to go through the motions; you were created to be really alive.

It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something.

Live just because or live your life for a cause

The meaning of life is that it is to be lived.

We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.

Every character is asking: 'What's my place? Why am I here? I don't want the answer to be 'Just because.' You find your own purpose. Each finds the reason to be here and how to contribute.

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.

I don't think things happen for a reason, but I think it's perfectly possible to experience life meaningfully.

My trade and art is to live.

The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live - moreover, the only one.

Things can be really empty in this world, and I don't just mean the music world. It can become a very meaningless place if you don't really understand: 'who am I? Why am I here? What am I doing?' To feel fulfilment and have a deeper level of understanding, personally, that is the most important thing.

Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

I have a calling in my soul, if you like, to try to make my life in some way worthwhile. What is the value of my existence?

It's not like during your normal day, anyone says, 'How do having meaning in your life? How do you make meaning in your life?'

All of us want to live, and that is absolutely natural. However, we should learn from childhood on to choose our best way to die. If we don't do that, we end up spending our days like a dog, only in search of harbour, food and expressing a blind loyalty to his owner in return. That isn't enough to make our lives have a meaning.

Each of us must become impassioned, finding meaning and self-fulfillment in our own life's journey.

It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.

If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

Most people are looking for something to give their life meaning.

When you don't have children you have to define and make your own purpose, and make your own reason for being here.

When you think of it, really there are four fundamental questions of life. You've asked them, I've asked them, every thinking person asks them. They boil down to this; origin, meaning, morality and destiny. 'How did I come into being? What brings life meaning? How do I know right from wrong? Where am I headed after I die?'

If life only has the meaning you bring to it, we have the opportunity to bring rich meaning to our lives by the service we do for others.