Viktor E. Frankl Quotes About Values

Quotes about: Values

• Here lies the chance for a man either to make use of or to forgo the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult situation may afford him. And this decides whether he is worthy of his sufferings or not.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Lying, Opportunity, Men

  Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.73, Beacon Press

• We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Life, Suffering, Different

  Viktor E. Frankl (1964). “Man S Search For Meaning”, p.101, Ratna Sagar

• Logotherapy . . . considers man as a being whose main concern consists in fulfilling a meaning and in actualizing values, rather than in the mere gratification and satisfaction of drives and instincts.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Men, Satisfaction, Instinct

  Viktor E. Frankl (1966). “Man's Search for Meaning”

• There are some authors who contend that meanings and values are "nothing but defense mechanisms, reaction formations and sublimations." But as for myself, I would not be willing to live merely for the sake of my "defense mechanisms," nor would I be ready to die merely for the sake of my "reaction formations.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Defense, Sake, Reactions

  Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.78, Beacon Press

• Such a value system might be responsible for the fact that the burden of unavoidable unhappiness is increased by unhappiness about being unhappy.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Unhappy, Might, Facts

  Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.114, Beacon Press

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