“When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.”Tagged: purpose, Pleasure, Distraction
“We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed.”Tagged: Life, Meaning Of Life, purpose, Fate
“We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: (1) by creating a work or doing a deed; (2) by experiencing something or encountering someone; and (3) by the attitude we take toward unavoidable suffering.”Tagged: Life, Meaning Of Life, purpose
“According to logotherapy, this striving for to find a meaning in one's life is the primary motivational force in man.”Tagged: Life, Meaning Of Life, motivation, purpose
“The more one forgets himself — by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love — the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself.”Tagged: Life, Meaning Of Life, Sacrifice, purpose
“There is much wisdom in the words of Nietzsche: ‘He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.’”Tagged: Life, Meaning Of Life, purpose
“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.”Tagged: Life, Meaning Of Life, purpose
“Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.”Tagged: Life, Meaning Of Life, purpose, Success, Happiness
“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.”Tagged: Life, Meaning Of Life, purpose