Man's Search for Meaning
It is one of the basic tenets of logotherapy that man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life. That is why man is even ready to suffer, on the condition, to be sure, that his suffering has a meaning.
Viktor E Frankl • Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
To be sure, man's search for meaning may arouse inner tension rather than inner equilibrium. However, precisely such tension is an indispensable prerequisite of mental health. There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge that there is a meaning in one's lif... See more
Viktor Frankl • Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
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