Author: Viktor E. Frankl
📖 Synopsis / Plot
Source: Man’s Search for Meaning
Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl’s memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Based on his own experience and the stories of his patients, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. At the heart of his theory, known as logotherapy, is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure but the pursuit of what we find meaningful. Man’s Search for Meaning has become one of the most influential books in America; it continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living.
❝ Quotes ❞
Nietzsche
He who has a Why to live for can bear almost any How.
Lessing
There are things which must cause you to lose your reason or you have none to lose.
Quote
I heard her answering me, saw her smile, her frank and encouraging look. Real or not, her look was then more luminous than the sun which was beginning to rise.
Quote
Life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones.